Ex Parte Landry
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Harris County. Original habeas corpus proceeding, asking release from custody under commitment of contempt proceeding, fining defendant for constructive contempt for interfering with a witness in a case then pending; penalty, a fine of $100 and three days confinement in the county jail. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
During the trial of Sam Webber in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, under a charge of cattle theft, C.E. Chriss was the State's witness and among other things, testified that this applicant had asked him if he would take $500 and leave the county; further stating that if Chriss would accept that amount and leave the county, he, applicant, would pay the witness' way to Beaumont and give him such reference that he could get employment upon his arrival at that point. This conversation, Chriss testified, happened between himself and applicant with no one else present. Applicant…
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