Ex Parte Travis and Mathews

The relators M. M. Travis and Harry Matthews seek, by habeas corpus, a judgment of the Supreme Court discharging them from the custody of the Sheriff of Gregg County, Texas, who holds them under an order of the 124th District Court of Gregg County, convicting relators of contempt, and sentencing them to confinement in the county, jail of Gregg County for twenty-four hours, and fining them $100.00 and taxing against them the costs of the contempt proceedings.

As stated in relator’s petition, the District Court adjudged them in contempt for having, as agents of the Southport Petroleum Company,…