Ex Parte Thulemeyer

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Relator was arrested on a charge of violating the local option law, and resorted to a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge on the ground that there was no existing local option law under which a prosecution could be maintained.

[Rehearing denied June 9, 1909.—Reporter.]

The facts show that since 1888 the southwestern portion of Karnes County, under certain marked lines set out in the record, had been recognized as justice precinct No. 4. It is also shown that the record of the Commissioners Court does not show, and in fact there was no entry made of the fact,…