Ex Parte Hamilton

MORRISON, Judge Presiding.

This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus brought by the relator seeking his release from the Texas Prison System.

Relator was on July 23, 1951, convicted upon a plea of guilty in Cause No. 2604 in the district court of Baylor County for the offense of altering a written instrument and passing the same as true, and his punishment assessed at two years. He questions the effectiveness of that portion of the Baylor County sentence which attempts to cumulate it with additional sentences. It reads as follows:

“And the said defendant Frank Hamilton, having…