Ex Parte McNamara
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. George H. NooNAN. ' This appeal is from an order 'and judgment, on habeas corpus, remanding appellant to custody under a warrant of arrest issued by the recorder of the city of San Antonio. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. George H. NooNAN. ' This appeal is from an order 'and judgment, on habeas corpus, remanding appellant to custody under a warrant of arrest issued by the recorder of the city of San Antonio. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Appellant contends that the rules governing the forfeiture of bail bonds govern also the forfeiture of appeal bonds; that when neither he nor his attorney appeared when his case was called in the District Court of Bexar County, the only remedy the city of San Antonio had was the forfeiture of…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Jtjdg-e.
The relator was convicted in the Recorder’s Court of keeping a disorderly house, and prosecuted his appeal to the District Court. In the latter court the cause was called for trial on the day set for that purpose. The accused failed to appear in person or by attorney, and the cause was dismissed for want of prosecution, at the instance of the State. Procedendo was awarded, appellant arrested, the writ of habeas corpus invoked, trial had thereunder, the relator remanded, and this appeal prosecuted. The appeal from the Recorder’s Court was in conformity to law, and the cause…
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