CORNELIUS, Justice.
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding instituted by relator, Melvin Harold Hawkins, pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 1824a (Supp.1976), seeking release from custody of the sheriff of Upshur County.
Relator alleged that he was arrested and confined to the Upshur County Jail by the sheriff pursuant to a purported judgment of contempt issued by the 115th Judicial District Court on motion of relator's former wife. The contempt...
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