Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Axsom

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 22, 1911No. 550PublishedCited by 6 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

The relator in this case applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus before the county judge of Cameron County, asking release from arrest on a complaint charging him with violating the Sunday law. The contention was made that it was not a violation of the law to operate a pool room on Sunday. The county judge held it was a violation of the law, and remanded the relator to t'he custody of the sheriff. The complaint charged: “On or about the 27th day of February, 1910, in the county of Cameron, and State of Texas, it being Sunday, one J. C. Axsom, of said county and State,…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex parte NewmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Specht v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848
  3. Ex Parte KennedyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Walker v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Ex Parte J. BrewerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  3. State v. Country ClubCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Ex Parte J. BrewerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. State v. Country ClubCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914

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