Ex parte Hamlin

GRAVES, Judge.

The State’s Attorney before this court has prepared a brief in this cause which we think properly disposes of the matters herein made the basis of the request for a discharge of relator. It is herein set forth and adopted as the opinion of the court:

“The relator, N. C. Hamlin, stands charged by indictment with the offense of murder with malice, it being alleged that on or about January 22, 1940, he killed one Eddie Bruening in Nueces County. Venue was changed to Caldwell County where this proceeding commenced. The application seeks discharge because of a previous acquittal based…