Ex parte Pitcock

BELCHER, Judge.

By writ of habeas corpus filed in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, appellant sought to have his appeal bonds reduced in four cases in which he had been convicted of felonies less than capital.

After sentence and notice of appeal in each case on December 18, 1958, the appeal bond in the 8-year case was set at $10,000, and in the other three cases with concurrent sentences of five years, bond in each was set at $7,500.

*605On the hearing of the writ, appellant testified that he could not make the bonds as set but thought he could make bonds in the sum total of $15,000.

The…