Ex Parte Testard
Texas Supreme Court
Seth Testard and Will Strittmatter obtained writ of habeas corpus, alleging that they were unlawfully deprived of their liberty by the sheriff of Bexar County.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This is an application for the writ of habeas corpus to free the applicants from the custody of the sheriff of Bexar County by whom they are held-, under a judgment of one of the district courts of that county convicting them of contempt consisting of a violation of an - injunction. The case is of the same nature as that of Ex .parte " Testard, 101 Texas, 250, and all of the questions raised were decided in that case except two and to these we shall confine our opinion.
The punishment imposed by the present judgment was a fine of one hundred dollars and imprisonment for three days. It is urged…
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