Ex Parte Mann
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. W. D. Harris. Appeal from a judgment on a habeas corpus proceeding remanding relator to custody for nonpayment of costs in a misdemeanor case. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDS OH, Judge.
Relator was arrested under a capias pro fine, placed in jail, and resorted to the writ of habeas corpus for bis discharge. The record discloses that in the spring of 1894 relator was convicted of a misdemeanor. In the following August, the then Governor of the State, James S. Hogg, granted him a full and unconditional pardon, mentioning in said pardon the fine, costs, and imprisonment. Appellant was arrested by virtue of a capias pro fine, and placed in jail, because the costs had not been paid. Hpon the hearing of the writ the court decided adversely to the relator, and he…
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