Ex Parte Miller
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Colorado. Tried below before Hon. J. J. Mansfield, County Judge. Appeal from an order remanding relator, who was a county convict, to custody on proceeding by habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Relator had been convicted of a misdemeanor, the fine and costs amounting to over $200. He was placed upon the county poor farm, where he remained five days, when he was taken out under a convict bond, which was executed on the 20th of April, 1901. He remained out on the convict bond until about October 17, 1901, when he was returned by the hirer to and accepted by the county judge. Relator was again placed on the poor farm and remained twelve days, when, at the instigation of the original hirer and relator’s attorney, Burford, the county judge agreed and permitted…
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