Ex parte Newsom

GRAVES) Presiding Judge.

Relator.was convicted in Johnson County for the possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale in a dry area and by a jury fined the sum of $400.00 and given 60 days in jail.

This cause was appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas and by such court affirmed as our Cause No. 24,955, on January 17, 1951, and our mandate was issued thereunder. Thereafter, by virtue of Art. 137, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., .relator sued out this writ of habeas corpus before the District Judge of Johnson County alleging that he was confined under'such mandate in the county jail…