Ex Parte Snow

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

This proceeding was instituted in the District Court by the appellant, for the purpose of securing his release from the penitentiary. We copy with approval the following concise statement of the facts as found in the brief filed by the State’s attorney.

“Relator presented his application for writ of habeas corpus to.the Honorable H. F. Kirby, Judge of the 77th District Court in and for Limestone County, Texas. Same was ordered filed and set down for hearing, and, upon a hearing before the judge of said court, the facts were ascertained and ordered certified to the Court of…