Ex Parte Merrell

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding before this court. The agreed statement of facts shows that applicant was general manager for J. Bennett, a retail liquor dealer in Fort Worth; that Merrell was in fact in charge of the business and had general supervision of its every department, and was so employed at the time he was carried before the grand jury of Tarrant County. Applicant was asked the following question by the grand jury: “Were Emmett Ayres and Press Mitchell on duty and selling in Bennett’s saloon on Sunday, May 30, 1906?” He declined to answer, and…