Ex Parte Ellerd
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Hale County. Original writ of habeas corpus asking release under a writ of commitment for contempt from the District Court, for $250. The opinion states the' case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
This is a writ of habeas corpus from a judgment of the District Court of Hale County, fining the applicant for contempt. The writ was granted in vacation by one of the judges of this court largely because the fine for contempt was for $250.
The record shows that prior to April 23, 1909, the applicant, Ellerd, sued his wife, Buth, for divorce in the District Court of Hale County, Texas, also setting up therein that there were two children by the marriage, a boy then five years of age, and a girl, then about three years old, and that his mother, Mrs. Lucinda Ellerd, was a…
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