Ex Parte Wolf

Decision Date03 February 1909
Citation115 S.W. 1192
PartiesEx parte WOLF.
CourtTexas Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; W. T. Simmons, Judge.

Application by Joe Wolf for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator was remanded to custody, and he appeals. Affirmed.

F. J. McCord, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

BROOKS, J.

Relator applied to the district court of the Sixty-Seventh judicial district for a writ of habeas corpus. Upon hearing of his application he was remanded to custody. The facts show that relator was convicted in the district court of Tarrant county of the offense of robbery by the use of firearms, and his punishment assessed at 40 years' confinement in the penitentiary. After relator had been carried to the penitentiary on said judgment, he sued out this writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the indictment is void, and therefore entitled relator to release.

The charging part of the indictment is as follows: "* * * That one Joe Wolf, in the county of Tarrant and state aforesaid, on the 16th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, did then and there unlawfully and willfully make an assault upon the person of J. P. Gillean, and then and there by said...

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  • Ex Parte McKay
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • December 5, 1917
    ...The principles thus stated have been applied to indictments on numerous instances. Ex parte Webb, 113 S. W. 545; Ex parte Wolf, 55 Tex. Cr. R. 231, 115 S. W. 1192; Ex parte Beverly, 34 Tex. Cr. R. 644, 31 S. W. 645; Ex parte Cox, 53 Tex. Cr. R. 240, 109 S. W. 369; Ex parte Knapp, 57 Tex. Cr......
  • Menefee v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • October 5, 1977
    ...645 (1895); Ex parte Williford, 50 Tex.Cr.R. 417, 100 S.W. 919 (1907); Ex parte Webb, 113 S.W. 545 (Tex.Cr.App.1908); Ex parte Wolf, 55 Tex.Cr.R. 231, 115 S.W. 1192 (1909). However, if the pleading, on its face, shows that the offense charged is barred by limitations the complaint, informat......
  • Ex Parte Drane
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • February 7, 1917
    ...50 Tex. Cr. R. 417, 100 S. W. 919; Ex parte Cox, 53 Tex. Cr. R. 240, 109 S. W. 369; Ex parte Webb, 113 S. W. 545; Ex parte Wolf, 55 Tex. Cr. R. 231, 115 S. W. 1192; Ex parte Cain, 56 Tex. Cr. R. 539, 120 S. W. 999; Ex parte Knapp, 57 Tex. Cr. R. 411, 123 S. W. 597; Ex parte Hendrix, 64 Tex.......
  • Ex parte Dickerson, 54255
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • April 13, 1977
    ...645 (1895); Ex parte Williford, 50 Tex.Cr.R. 417, 100 S.W. 919 (1907); Ex parte Webb, 113 S.W. 545 (Tex.Cr.App.1908); Ex parte Wolf, 55 Tex.Cr.R. 231, 115 S.W. 1192 (1909). However, if the pleading, on its face, shows that the offense charged is barred by limitations the complaint, informat......
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