Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Hollingsworth

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 22, 1918No. 5027PublishedCited by 10 opinions

From Tarrant County. Original habeas corpus proceedings asking release from arrest for a violation of the so-called “ten-mile zone law” under Act of the Fourth Calied Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Judge.

Relator, restrained under a complaint charging, in substance, that he sold intoxicating liquors in Tarrant County, in time of war between the United States and the German Empire, within ten miles of a United States military camp designated as Camp Bowie, seeks release by original application for habeas corpus on the ground that the Act of the Legislature upon which the prosecution is based is. in conflict with the State Constitution, and is also in conflict with the law of Congress.

The section of the Act of the Texas Legislature involved is as follows: “From and after April 15,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Savage v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Washington Ex Rel. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Tarble's CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  5. New Mexico Ex Rel. E. J. McLean & Co. v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. De Sisto, New York County Courts1961
  2. Ex Parte MeyerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  3. State v. DuncanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953
  4. Terretto v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919

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