Ex Parte Jimenez

The relators, A. H. Jimenez, who is the Chief of Detectives of the City of Laredo police force, and Juan M. Puente, a detective on said force, seek relief by original habeas corpus in this Court, alleging that they are illegally restrained by the sheriff of Webb County. The restraint is due to an allegedly void contempt judgment of the acting judge of the 49th Judicial District Court. purportedly rendered pursuant to Art. 9.02 of the Texas Election Code (Yol. 9, Vernon’s Texas Civ. Stats.) on account of the refusal of relators to testify in a Court of Enquiry held before said judge in said…