Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Nelson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 12, 1919No. 5304PublishedCited by 8 opinions
From Fayette County. Habeas corpus proceeding before this court, asking release from arrest under an indictment of murder on the ground that the Governor had issued his proclamation granting him parole under a conviction of . another indictment of murder. •The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
Relator was convicted of murder and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twenty-five years.
The Governor of the State has issued the following proclamation granting him parole:
“Whereas, at the December term, A. D. 1917, of the District Court of Fayette County, State of Texas, Eobert. ¡Nelson was convicted on a charge of murder, and his punishment assessed at five to twenty-five years confinement in the State penitentiary; and
“Whereas, it appeared that appellant, Eobert ¡Nelson, has now served nearly a year of his sentence with a clear prison record and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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