Ex Parte Merritt

MORRISON, Judge.

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus brought by the relator Reuben G. Merritt, seeking his release from the Texas Prison System.

The record shows that relator was at the August term 1951, ' in cause No. 795 in the district court of Terry County, sentenced to serve a term of not less than two nor more than two and one-half years.

On July 7, 1952, in cause No. 4040 in the district court of Bastrop County, relator was sentenced to serve a term of two years. Such sentence contains this order: “It is further ordered by the Court that this sentence be cumulative…