Ex Parte Gilbert

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the relator is held under the order of the City Health Officer of Wichita Falls pursuant to the provisions of Art. 4445, Revised Civil Statutes. It is shown that the relator was ordered restrained because she was believed to be a menace to the public health by virtue of being a prostitute afflicted with syphilis. Relator makes no contention that her restraint is illegal but insists that she should have been accorded a postponement of the hearing in order that she might prepare to show that she was not at the time suffering from…