Ex Parte Rodriguez
Texas Supreme Court
Sectiom 6 of Article 3 of the State Constitution is as follows: “Sec. 6. All elections for State, district and county officers shall be held at the county seats of the several counties, until otherwise provided by law; and the polls shall be opened for four days, from 8 o’clock a. m. until 4 o’clock p. m. of each day.”
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Sectiom 6 of Article 3 of the State Constitution is as follows: “Sec. 6. All elections for State, district and county officers shall be held at the county seats of the several counties, until otherwise provided by law; and the polls shall be opened for four days, from 8 o’clock a. m. until 4 o’clock p. m. of each day.” The 4th Section of 3d Article of the Constitution is as follows: “The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors, and their term of office shall be two years from the day of general election; and the sessions of the Legislature shall be…
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdoo, J.
The motion and affidavit upon which the motion is based to dismiss this cause on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction, because this case is fictitious, or in that nature, have been maturely considered, and we find nothing to warrant such dismissal.
The affidavit admits that the applicant for the writ of habeas corpus is a real person; that the person making the arrest was the deputy sheriff of Harris county, where-the writ of arrest issued, and does not deny that the writ of arrest did issue, nor that the written complaint was made under oath before the presiding justice of Harris’…
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