State v. Morris

HALE, Justice.

Marshall Morris, hereafter referred to as relator, sued out a writ of habeas corpus in the court below on February 3, 1947, alleging that he was being illegally restrained of his liberty by the sheriffs of Anderson and McLennan Counties, respectively, who will hereafter be referred to as respondents. As grounds of his complaint relator pleaded that he had been convicted in the County Court of Anderson County of aggravated assault and his punishment assessed at a fine of $500 and confinement in the county jail for one year; that the Governor of Texas thereafter granted him a…