Ex Parte Wolters
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Travis County. Original habeas corpus asking release from commitment for contempt under a judgment of the House of Representatives, adjudging relator guilty of contempt for refusing to answer questions before a legislative committee during a special session, inflicting a penalty of twenty-four hours confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The applicant was adjudged guilty of contempt of the House of Representatives, at the recent called session of the Legislature, for refusing to answer questions propounded by a committee appointed by that body to inquire into sundry and divers things supposed to have occurred in connection with the prohibition election held on July 22, 1911. If this election had resulted favorably to prohibition, the proposed amendment would have supplanted the present system of local option and placed in effect statewide prohibition. The result, however, was antagonistic to prohibition, and the amendment was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Ex Parte WilsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Ex Parte LakeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Ex Parte Parker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
3Cited by27 opinions
- Ex Parte ClearCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Campbell v. City of EugeneOregon Supreme Court · 1925
- Swing v. RileyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Fatzer v. AndersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1956
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