Legal Opinion

Ex parte Glass

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1947No. 23883PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The charging part of the complaint, upon which this proceeding was based, reads as follows:

“I, ED smith, do solemnly swear that I have good reason to believe, that Bill Glass is about to commit an offense against my person or my property, to-wit: that he has on numerous occasions threatened my property, and had! now threatened to do me bodily harm with a gun; against the peace and dignity of the State.”

*24After a hearing thereon, relator was, by the justice of the peace sitting as a magistrate, required to enter into a peace bond in the sum of $2,000.00 and was committed to jail…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  2. Betels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  3. Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Stasney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948

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