Ex Parte Thomas

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Ex Parte Thomas, 136 S.W. 60 (Tex. Crim. App. 1911)
61 Tex. Crim. 573; 1911 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 153
Prendergast

Ex Parte Thomas

Opinion of the Court

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

—The relator was fined in the Corporation Court of the city of Dallas for contempt. He applied to the criminal district judge of Dallas County for a writ of habeas corpus. Hpon the hearing of this writ the same was dismissed and from this order of dismissal relator gave notice of appeal to this court. An appeal does not lie from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus and this court has no jurisdiction to determine this appeal. See Ex parte Strong, 34 Texas Crim. Rep., 309, 30 S. W. Rep., 666; Ex parte Blankenship, 57 S. W. Rep., 646; Ex parte Hodges, 45 S. W. Rep., 913; Ex parte Teague, 45 S. W. Rep., 129.

The appeal is dismissed.

Dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex Parte Walter Thomas.
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4 cases
Status
Published