Ex Parte Hodge

SMITH, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding in which relator, Richard Mack Hodge, seeks release from the custody of respondent, the sheriff of Midland County, Texas. The relator is ordered discharged.

The order of commitment was issued out of the 142nd Judicial District Court of Midland, Texas, on October 12, 1964. The relator was confined under this written commitment on February 26, 1965. The commitment recites that relator was committed to jail for “the offense of contempt of court * * He was released on bond by order of this court pending a determination of the validity of…