Ex Parte Murphy

OPINION

CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus in which the applicant, an attorney, seeks relief from a judgment holding him in contempt of the 297th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County. Applicant was found guilty of two counts of contempt and his punishment was fixed at a fine of $150.00 for one count and $300.00 and one day in the Tarrant County jail for the other.

In six grounds of error, applicant alleges: the order of commitment, show cause order, and contempt judgment are void because each was issued after a violation of due process; the evidence is…