State ex rel. Brown v. Houston

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

This is an application for a certiorari and for a /tabeas corpus.

The relator complains that he was committed to jail for ten days, for contempt of court, under circumstances which do not justify his imprisonment, and that he should be released from custody.

A copy of the commitment is attached to the application. It recites that the relator was found guilty of contempt after due trial, on rule, and it sets forth reasons in support.

A writ of certiorari lies in such cases only, from which it appears that the proceedings are absolutely null.

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