Ex Parte Hernan
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Bexar County. This -is an original application for habeas corpus to Presiding "Judge Davidson of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which was granted and made returnable before the court. The only question in the case is the constitutionality of the act of the Twenty-eighth Legislature (Gen. Laws, p. 68) ordinarily known as the “anti pool room law.” The opinion below states the case, giving the statute in full.
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From Bexar County. This -is an original application for habeas corpus to Presiding "Judge Davidson of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which was granted and made returnable before the court. The only question in the case is the constitutionality of the act of the Twenty-eighth Legislature (Gen. Laws, p. 68) ordinarily known as the “anti pool room law.” The opinion below states the case, giving the statute in full. The following is the agreed statement of facts presented, together with the application to this court, viz.: “That Mike Hernan, in Bexar County, Texas, on the 4th day of July, A. D.…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Valid information was filed against relator in the County Court of Bexar County, charging him with _ violating what is ordinarily known as the "anti pool-room law,” adopted by the Twenty-. eighth Legislature. See Gen. Laws, 28th Leg., p. 68. The relator sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and, being refused by the county judge, it was presented to the presiding judge of this court, and the writ was granted, being made returnable before the court at its present sitting. Under the agreed statement of facts filed herein, it is "admitted that relator violated all of the various…
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