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EX PARTE McMURROUGH

No. 38321.

390 S.W.2d 2 (1965)

Ex parte Irma McMURROUGH.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 12, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest N. Troutman, Austin, Neal Dancer, Corpus Christi, for relator.

Wiley L. Cheatham, Dist. Atty., Cuero, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The relator makes direct application to this court for the writ of habeas corpus, seeking her release from the custody of the sheriff of Calhoun County. Relator was adjudged guilty of contempt by the District Court of Calhoun County on April 19, 1965, for refusal to answer questions propounded to her by the Grand Jury of said County. The repeated refusal was on the ground of self-incrimination.

She was fined $50 and committed to jail...

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