Ex Parte Dockery

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Under an indictment charging him with assault with intent to rape, relator was convicted of an aggravated assault and battery, and his punishment assessed at twelve months’ imprisonment in the county jail, and, in addition thereto, a fine of $500 was imposed by the verdict of the jury.

This conviction occurred June 15, 1896. In obedience to this judgment, relator was held in confinement for twelve months, and placed at work upon the public roads in Wise County, where the conviction occurred; and after the expiration of the twelve months, to wit, on the 12th day of July, 1897,…