Ex Parte Branch
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Waller. Tried below before Hon. A. G. Lipscomb, County Judge. Relator was convicted of an aggravated assault and battery, in the Criminal District Court of Harris County. He appealed to this court and the judgment was affirmed. Branch v. State, 35 Tex. Crim. Rep., 304. He applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus from the County Judge of Waller County.
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Appeal from the County Court of Waller. Tried below before Hon. A. G. Lipscomb, County Judge. Relator was convicted of an aggravated assault and battery, in the Criminal District Court of Harris County. He appealed to this court and the judgment was affirmed. Branch v. State, 35 Tex. Crim. Rep., 304. He applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus from the County Judge of Waller County. On the hearing of the writ, he was remanded to the custody of the sheriff of Harris County. From that j udgment he prosecutes this appeal .by recognizance. The Assistant Attorney-General moved to dismiss…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The relator in this case was heretofore convicted of the offense of aggravated assault and battery in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, and prosecuted his appeal to this court, and the judgment was affirmed. On the 28th day of May, 1896, appellant petitioned the County Judge of Waller County for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was granted, and the writ issued. Said petition alleges: “That he was held under a commitment of capias pro fine, issued from the Criminal District Court of Harris County, on the 15th day of May, 1896, and also alleges that the…
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