Ex parte Suddath

Decided May 9, 1888

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1888-05-09

Habeas Corpus on appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried before the Hon. E. E. Beckham. The relator in this case was held under' an indictment charging him with the murder of John Crisman, in Tarrant county, Texas, on the thirteenth day of February, 1888. He was refused bail by the judge below and prosecuted appeal to this court, which reverses the judgment, and awards bail in the sum of five thousand dollars.

Decided 1888-05-09

White, Presiding Judge.

¶1Upon the evidence as contained in the record before us on this appeal, we are of opinion that appellant is entitled to bail. There is no evidence in the record upon *441the question of his ability to give bail, and we havé therefore had no special data to guide us with reference to the amount.

Opinion delivered May 9, 1888.

¶2The judgment refusing him bail is reversed, and he will be released from custody upon his execution of a bond with good and sufficient sureties in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned as the law requires.

¶3Ordered accordingly.