Ex Parte Shapiro

GRAVES, Judge.

Relator was tried in the corporation court of Longview in Gregg County on June 8,1950, for a violation of a city ordinance and therein fined the sum of $10.00. Thereafter, he sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the county judge of such county, alleging many grounds in which the ordinance of such city offended against the State Constitution. On June 16, 1950, the county judge, after a hearing, refused to discharge the relator and ordered him held in the custody of the chief of police of Longview until such fine and costs should be paid. He immediately gave notice of appeal to…