Ex parte Bryant

Decided June 25, 1886

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1886-06-25

Habeas corpus on appeal from a judgment refusing bail rendered by the Hon. T. M. Paschal, judge of the thirty-eighth judicial district, in and for the county of Bandera. The applicant was held under a capias charging him with the murder of August Reitzer. The bail fixed by this court is twenty-five hundred dollars. • Rufus Evans was the first witness for the applicant. He testified that he lived in Medina county.

Decided 1886-06-25

Willson, Judge.

¶1We have no hesitation in determining from the evidence, as it is presented to us, that the applicant is entitled to bail, and that the amount of such bail should be fixed at twenty-five hundred dollars.

¶2It is therefore considered that the judgment of the Hon. T. M. Paschal, district judge, denying the applicant bail, be and the same is reversed, and the applicant is granted bail in the said sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, and upon his giving such bail in the manner and in accordance with the requirements of the law, the officer having him in custody will release him from such custody.

¶3Ordered accordingly.