Ex parte Black

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The relator was convicted in the District Court of Wichita County, in January, 1931, of a misdemeanor theft with a penalty of confinement in the county jail and a fine of $50.00.

There was an appeal which was concluded against the appellant on June 1, 1932. On that day the Governor of the state, upon certain declarations involving the health of the relator which were recited in the preamble, issued the following proclamation :

“Now, THEREFOR I, R. S. Sterling, Governor of the State of Texas, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of this…