Berume v. Hughes

Antonia Berume filed a petition for mandamus in the county court at law, Tarrant county, in which she alleged that on April 2, 1925, there was pending in the justice court a cause entitled State of Texas v. Antonia Berume, wherein relator was charged with a misdemeanor Within the jurisdiction of the court; that, desiring her release from custody until said case could be tried, she deposited with respondent, Hughes, in his official capacity, a sum of money in lieu of an appearance bond, and thereby secured her release; that on said date there was entered upon the docket of respondent’s court a…