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Ex Parte Green

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 22, 1904No. 2707PublishedCited by 15 opinions

From Smith County. Original - application for habeas corpus for release of a commitment ‘ for contempt, for publishing in a newspaper an article reflecting on the proceedings in the county court. TEe opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding, sued out before this court. During the January term; 1904, of the County Court of Smith County, L. M. Green, one of tne editors of the Tyler Courier, a newspaper, published and circulated in Tyler, Smith County, and vicinity, in the issue of said paper on January 21st, wrote and published the .following editorial, to wit:

“Why Is It Thus ?—The people of Smith County are having the wool pulled over their eyes and a great many of these poor creatures don’t know it. But if they were tied hand and foot and compelled to sit in the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State ex inf. Crow v. ShepherdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  2. McClatchy v. Superior Court of SacramentoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Storey v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. In re ChadwickMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Cheadle v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Metcalf v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Ex Parte ArnoldCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. State Board of Law Examiners v. HartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
  4. Ex parte CraigCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  5. In re HickeyTennessee Supreme Court · 1923

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