Ex Parte Burge

SIMKINS, Judge.

Appellant was arrested upon information filed in the County Court of Hill County for violation of the local option law in justice precinct number 2 of said county, and sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the county judge. Upon hearing, appellant was adjudged to be legally restrained, and remanded to the custody of the sheriff, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

It appears from the agreed statement of facts, that upon November 17, 1892, the County Commissioners Court of Hill County ordered a local option election to be held in precinct number 2; that the election…