Ex Parte Williams
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
In this case the relator, who was a practicing attorney of the State of Texas, was arrested under a writ issued from the County Court of Tar-rant County, to answer to a prosecution pending against him for unlawfully engaging in the occupation of practicing law without having first paid the tax and obtained a license therefor. =He applied to the county judge for a writ of habeas corpus, which was refused; whereupon he made application to one of the judges of the Court of…
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In this case the relator, who was a practicing attorney of the State of Texas, was arrested under a writ issued from the County Court of Tar-rant County, to answer to a prosecution pending against him for unlawfully engaging in the occupation of practicing law without having first paid the tax and obtained a license therefor. =He applied to the county judge for a writ of habeas corpus, which was refused; whereupon he made application to one of the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, who granted him a writ of habeas corpus, making it returnable to the next Tyler Term of the court. The…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Relator, a practicing attorney of the State of Texas, charged upon affidavit and complaint with the offense of unlawfully engaging in the occupation of practicing law without paying the tax due thereon, was arrested on the 19th of September, 1892, under a warrant issuing out of the County Court of Tarrant County.
On the 20th of September, 1892, relator presented his petition for habeas corpus to the county judge, who refused to grant the writ. An application was then made to one of the judges of this court, who granted the writ, returnable before this court at this term. The…
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