Ex Parte Morris

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant, charged by complaint filed in justice court, was found guilty of the offense defined by Art. 1377 V.A.P.C., com monly known as Trespassing. He appealed to the county court where a jury trial resulted in a conviction with fine assessed at $25.

An attempted appeal from his conviction was dismissed by this court in Morris v. State, 167 Texas Cr. Rep. 384, 320 S.W. 2d 682.

Being in custody under capias pro fine to satisfy the county court judgment, appellant sought discharge alleging as he did in the attempted appeal that the justice court was without jurisdiction to try…