Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Johnson

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 11, 1932No. 15372PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— This is an appeal from an order refusing to discharge the relator on a writ of habeas corpus.

From the record it appears that the requisition issued by the Governor of Texas recites that it has been made known to him by the Governor of Oklahoma that T. H. (Cyclone) Johnson stands charged by information and bench warrant before the proper authorities with the crime of disposing of mortgaged property committed in said state, and that said defendant has taken refuge in the state of Texas.

It has been uniformly held by the courts of this state that the governor is not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Ex Parte HoltCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mitchell v. StoutamireSupreme Court of Florida · 1934

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