EX PARTE HOOVER

No. 25704.

245 S.W.2d 966 (1952)

Ex parte HOOVER.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Woodard, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

John Young, County Atty., Corpus Christi, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Commissioner.

Relator was adjudged to be in contempt of court in connection with a child custody matter and remanded to jail for 10 days.

After having been imprisoned for three days, she sought and obtained leave to file in this court her application for habeas corpus to secure her release.

Leave was granted upon the allegation that the punishment assessed was in excess of the maximum provided for a single act of contempt under Art. 1911,...

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