Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Bessie Calvin

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 21, 1898No. 1948PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. J. E. Lancaster, County Judge. Appeal in a habeas corpus proceeding for the custody of a minor.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding with reference to the possession of a minor. The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal, because the record is not certified by the judge who granted the writ and tried the cause. The whole proceeding occurred in vacation. When this is the case the record must be certified by the judge. It is not sufficient that the clerk certify to the correctness of the transcript. Ex Parte Malone, 35 Texas Crim. Rep., 297, which has been followed in subsequent decisions.

There is another question in the case, had the record been properly…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Legate v. LegateTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Ex Parte George Malone.Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  3. Ex Parte ReedCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  4. Ex Parte Gertrude BerryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894

3Cited by13 opinions

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  2. Jain v. PriestIdaho Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Pittman v. ByarsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Barker v. State Fish CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  5. State v. HillMississippi Supreme Court · 1910

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