Ex parte Williams

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court at Law of Jefferson County, upon a prosecution originating in ffie Corporation Court of the City of Beaumont, in Cause Nos. 38,874 and 38,875, of the offenses of speeding, in violation of Section 37-20 of the ordinances of the City of Beaumont.

The punishment assessed in Cause No. 38,874 was a fine of $40 and in Cause No. 38,875, a fine of $15.

By petition for writ of habeas corpus presented to the Honorable Owen M. Lord, Judge of the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, appellant sought his release from custody of R. E.…