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EX PARTE SMITH

No. 37109.

383 S.W.2d 401 (1964)

Ex parte N. A. SMITH.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 28, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinnan H. Hodges, Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., and Carl E. F. Dally, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

McDONALD, Judge.

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by relator with this Court wherein he seeks his release from custody after being held in contempt by Honorable D. F. Thompson, Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 2 of Harris County, Texas, for his refusal to testify at a court of inquiry convened by Judge Thompson.

We observe that the District Attorney has, since receipt of this application, joined in the prayer that the relief...

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