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KERN v. COOK

No. A-5328.

287 S.W.2d 174 (1956)

C. V. Buster KERN, Petitioner, v. Horace G. COOK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burke Holman, County Atty. of Harris County, and James R. Gough, Asst. County Atty. of Harris County, Houston, for petitioner.

Martin & Shown, Houston, for respondent.

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

In August, 1953, petitioner Kern, Sheriff of Harris County, arrested and took into custody Herbert L. Bierman and Peter B. Vales. They, together with Vales' wife and two children, had been traveling for about a month in an automobile owned by Vales. Their travels began in Chicago and terminated with their arrest in Houston on charges of thefts from two lumber companies in Houston. According to the books of his department, at the time of the...

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