Ex Parte Melton

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the county jail of Hidalgo County, applies for writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from confinement, alleging that the commitment by virtue of which he is held is void because: (1) he was deprived of a trial by a jury of twelve men, (2) the act which created the court from which it was issued was unconstitutional, and (3) he was tried for an offense under a statute which this court has held to be unconstitutional. The relator was tried and convicted in the County Court at Law of Hidalgo County of the offense of contributing to the…