Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Sentell
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1954No. A-4383Published
1Opinion of the Court
266 S.W.2d 365 (1954)
Ex parte SENTELL.
No. A-4383.
Supreme Court of Texas.
February 24, 1954.
Rehearing Denied April 21, 1954.
John D. Coats, Austin, David J. Morris, Brownwood, for relator.
L. D. Hawkins, Breckenridge, for respondent, Honorable Sterling Williams, District Judge.
2Per curiam
In this original habeas corpus proceeding, relator, Hon. Frank Sentell, seeks release from an order of the district court finding him guilty of contempt of court, and assessing his punishment at a fine of $100 and confinement in jail for 72 hours.
The matters under review arose in a hearing of a petition for a temporary…
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- Ex Parte KearbyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
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