W. C. H. v. Matthews

OPINION

Hearing was of a Petition for Writ of Prohibition.

The sixteen year old minor in this case was one as to whom the juvenile court had waived its exclusive original jurisdiction and certified transfer of him to the criminal district court to be there tried for the crime of murder. V.T.C.A., Family Code, Sec. 54.02, “Waiver of Jurisdiction and Discretionary Transfer to Criminal Court.”

From this order an appeal has been perfected and is presently pending for hearing at a later date. Section 56.01, “Right to Appeal.”

Following indictment by the Grand Jury, examining trial by the criminal…