Ex parte Meadows

MORRISON, Judge.

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus brought by relator Fred A. Meadows, seeking his release from the Texas Prison System.

The record shows that relator was on March 14, 1945, in Cause No. 15875, in the district court of Jefferson County, sentenced to serve a term of not less than two nor more than ten years. Relator was given credit by the trial court for time spent in jail so that such sentence began to run on August 17, 1944.

On the same day, to wit, March 14, 1945, in Cause No. 15869, in the same court, relator was sentenced to serve a term of not less…