Ex Parte Wood
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This proceeding was an original application for a writ of habeas corpus, to be discharged from imprisonment in the house of correction and reformatory, in the County of Coryell.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
The relator was placed upon trial in the District Court of Wilbarger County, on an indictment charging him with burglary. To the charge he pleaded guilty. The jury returned their verdict, punishing him by imprisonment for the term of two years. The verdict finds that the defendant was under 10 years of age. It did not state whether the relator should be sent to the house of correction and reformatory, or the penitentiary, as required by the Act of April 2nd, 1889 (New Code Crim. Proc., Art. 1145). The court, however, entered up the judgment, in form, sending him to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex parte GibsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
- Hogan v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- State ex rel. Welch v. SloanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- Turney v. BarrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ex Parte WhiteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906