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Ex Parte Jones

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1962No. A-8915PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORIGINAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE CLYDE E. SMITH

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Relator, Thomas Wilburn Jones, has filed in this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he is illegally confined and illegally restrained in his liberty at Carthage, in Panola County, Texas, by Johnie Spradley, the Sheriff of said county. By this original proceeding, Jones seeks release from the restraint of a judgment of the District Court of Panola County, Texas, adjudging him to be in contempt of that court.

It is necessary for this Court to state the facts, although we…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Edwards v. GiffordTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Ex parte FisherTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Mobley v. MobleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  4. Ex Parte TylerTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Plumly v. PlumlyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Scott v. LiebmanTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Francis v. FrancisTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Gracia v. RC Cola-7-Up Bottling Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Ex Parte GorenaTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Ex Parte RamzyTexas Supreme Court · 1968

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