Ex Parte Glass
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Smith County. Original application for habeas corpus for release from a commitment for a violation of a city ordinance.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
This is an original application for the writ of habeas corpus. The facts show that the city of Tyler is incorporated under the general incorporation act for cities of over 1,000 inhabitants. Eelator was arrested and convicted in the corporation court of the city of Tyler, fined $5, for violating an ordinance of said city, forbidding hogs to be kept within one mile of the courthouse in. the city of Tyler. The corporate limits of the city of Tyler extended one and one-half miles in each direction from the courthouse, and extended one-half mile or more beyond the place where…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- In re LinehanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- City of St. Louis v. SternMissouri Court of Appeals · 1876
- Whipple v. McIntyreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
3Cited by9 opinions
- Dibrell v. City of ColemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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- People v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Miller v. Town of SyracuseIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Ex Parte R.C. BottsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
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