Ex Parte Pruske

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding filed in this Court by which relator Alfred D. Pruske, Sr. seeks his discharge from the custody of the sheriff of Comal County. Upon presentation of relator’s application, this Court directed issuance of the writ and relator’s release on bond.

Relator alleged that he was placed in the custody of the sheriff pursuant to an oral judgment of contempt issued by the district court of Comal County on December 15, 1978, on motion of relator’s former wife. The contempt proceeding arose from relator’s alleged failure to comply with a…