Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Henson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 20, 1905No. 3188PublishedCited by 14 opinions
From Hunt County. Original application for habeas corpus for release from arrest under a city ordinance.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Applicant was arrested under proper complaint charging him with violating an ordinance of the city of Green-ville; sued out before this court an original writ of habeas corpus after writ had been refused by the local courts, claiming that the ordinance under which he was arrested is void and of no effect. Said ordinance is, as follows:
“An Ordinance Prohibiting the Peddling and Selling of Merchandise Within Certain Limits:.Section 1. Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Green- ville, Texas, that it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to peddle, or in any…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kimbrough v. BarnettTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Western U. T. Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Wade v. NunnellyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Commonwealth v. FentonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
3Cited by14 opinions
- West v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Ex parte LargentCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
- San Antonio Independent School Dist. v. State Ex Rel. DechmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- El Paso Electric Co. v. CollinsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
- City of Waco v. O'NealCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
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