Ex Parte Cox

COLEMAN, Justice.

Relator, Anthony D. Cox, was confined in the County jail of Harris County, under a written commitment issued by the Court of Domestic Relations No. 4 of Harris County on December 22, 1971. He filed a writ of habeas corpus as an original proceeding in this court, and was released on bond by order of this court pending a determination of the validity of the judgment ordering him confined.

The facts leading to this application for writ of habeas corpus are as follows: Relator and Yoko Ono Cox, now Yoko Ono Lennon, hereinafter referred to as Respondent, were formerly married and a…