Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1911

Ex Parte Thomas

Ex Parte Thomas
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided March 15, 1911 · Prendergast
136 S.W. 60; 61 Tex. Crim. 573; 1911 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 153 (South Western Reporter)

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.

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