Ex Parte Muckenfuss
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Dallas County. Original application for habeas corpus for release from an order of arrest, under article 114, Code Criminal Procedure, for attempting to commit an offense against the laws of the State, by giving theatrical performances on Sunday. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
—This, is an original proceeding in this court in the nature of a habeas corpus, filed by relator B. S. Muckenfuss, alleging in substance, that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by virtue of an order issued by Hon. W. W. Nelms, judge of the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, issued by said judge to the sheriff of Dallas County, directing such sheriff to arrest the relator and bring him before said ■ judge; said order reciting that complaint had been made before said judge that the relator is about to commit and had seriously threatened to commit an offense…
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