Ex Parte Spencer

BELCHER, Judge.

Upon appeal from a conviction in the corporation court of the City of Houston, the appellant on a trial de novo in the County Court of Law No. 3, was found guilty by a jury and assessed a fine of $50 in a negligent collision case.

In view of the fact that the fine in the county court, upon appeal from the corporation court, was assessed at less than $100, the county court judgment was final and no further appeal would lie. Art. 53, C.C.P.

Following his arrest on a capias pro fine, the appellant sought his release by writ of habeas corpus. The writ was issued and a hearing was had…