Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Moats

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 5, 1950No. 24789Published

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant, here, relator in the court below, sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the criminal district court of Bexar County, seeking his discharge from custody under an executive warrant of arrest issued by the Governor of this State upon requisition of the Governor of West Virginia, in which state appellant stands charged with the crime of forgery.

Upon a hearing on the writ, the application for discharge was refused, but relator was admitted to bail in the sum of $500, conditioned upon his appearance before said criminal district court.

Some three months thereafter, the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. South Carolina v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Ex Parte MaGeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

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