Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Turner

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 16, 1946No. 23497Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

This proceeding was instituted for the purpose of securing-the release of appellant from the custody of the Sheriff of Navarro County. A justice of the peace, upon hearing a complaint instituted for the purpose, ordered the appellant to jail for a period of one year unless he should execute a good and sufficient peace bond in the penal sum of One Thousand Dollars.

The only question in the case is the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize the order made by the justice of the peace. The State’s Attorney has filed a suggestion that the evidence is insufficient. We consider the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex parte SchmidtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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