Ex Parte Faison
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
J. H. Faison, hereinafter styled relator, was arrested upon a warrant issued out of Justice Court of precinct No. 1 of Dallas County for a violation of the law relating to the operation of commercial motor vehicles on public highways, which is found in Chapter 52, General Laws, First and Second Called Sessions of Thirty-seventh Legislature. Relator in the usual form alleges his illegal arrest and detention, and attacks the constitutionality of said law by appropriate averments.
This court hesitates under any circumstances to strike down a law enacted by the legislative branch…
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