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
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Betels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
3Cited by2 opinions
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Stasney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948