Ex Parte Shorthouse

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

These proceedings are before this court on applicants’ original applications for writs of habeas corpus pursuant to Article V, § 5 of the Texas Constitution.

The limited record before this court reveals that on February 8, 1982, a judgment of contempt was entered against each applicant, ordering each applicant to be confined in the Bastop County jail until each purged himself or herself of contempt by testifying before the grand jury, and further imposing upon each a $500.00 fine.

These judgments were entered by the judge of the 21st Judicial District Court of…