Ex Parte Waters

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus invoking the original jurisdiction of the Court of Criminal Appeals and seeking relief from a determination by the 30th District Court of Wichita County that petitioner, an attorney at law, was guilty of three counts of contempt in the said District Court growing out of a divorce suit, Cause No. 93,696-1, in the said District Court in which the petitioner served as counsel for the defendant. 1

On May 23, 1973, an affidavit was filed alleging that petitioner was in contempt of court on five counts. A citation was…