Ex Parte Littlefield
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Gonzales County. Appeal from a judgment remanding relator to custody rendered on a habeas corpus hearing in chambers before Hon. W. W. Glass, County Judge. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Relator was convicted of theft under the value of $50, and his punishment assessed at ten days imprisonment in the county jail and a fine of $50. The costs amounted to $73.60; or a total of fine and costs, $123.60. The conviction occurred on the 16th of February, 1897. On the 3d of January, 1898, relator applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus from the county judge of Gonzales County, and on the hearing of said writ was remanded to custody. Relator avers that he is too poor to pay the fine and costs, is in bad health, and unable to work to pay the same, and that…
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