Ex Parte Napoleon
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From Dallas County. Original habeas corpus proceedings asking release from commitment under contempt proceedings for refusing to answer questions before District Court and grand jury. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
In this case the relator was fined for contempt by the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, and his punishment assessed at a fine of one hundred dollars, and in addition thereto he was ordered confined in the jail of Dallas County until he should answer certain questions propounded to him by the grand jury of that county. A writ of habeas corpus was granted by this court.
It appears from the record that the grand jury made the following report to Judge Miller: “We have asked Jesse Napoleon, a witness before us, after he was duly sworn, the following questions: ‘Where did you…
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