Ex parte Griffitts

OPINION

HILL, Chief Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. The relator, William Robert Grif-fitts, was held in contempt by the 199th Judicial District Court of Collin County for failing to deposit all sums under his control as receiver and for failing to file an accounting as required by that court’s order dated August 11, 1984. His punishment was a $500 fine, a 180-day jail sentence, and such further confinement until Grif-fitts purged himself of the contempt by complying with that court’s order to deposit the funds and file an accounting. Pending disposition of this case, we…