Ex Parte Arapis

This is an original proceeding instituted in this court by R. B. Arapis for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from confinement in the Dallas County jail. Relator is held in custody pursuant to a judgment of contempt entered by the Juvenile Court of Dallas County, Texas, on April 11, 1956, with enforcement suspended, and a subsequent judgment entered on July 31, 1957, revoking the suspension of enforcement of the first judgment.

The record reflects that on April 11, 1956 relator was found to be in contempt of a former judgment of the Court ordering him to make periodic child support…