4 Willson 201 | Tex. App. | 1890
Opinion by
§ 140. Minors; illegal restraint of; habeas corpus; jurisdiction of county court to issue writ of. Appellant applied to and obtained from the county judge of Lamar county the writ of habeas corpus for his minor child, five years old, who, he alleged, was illegally restrained of his liberty by the appellee. Upon a hearing of the writ, the proceeding was dismissed because, in the opinion of the county judge, he was without jurisdiction to issue said writ. • We are of the opinion that the judge erred in dismissing the proceeding. County courts, or the judges thereof, are empowered to issue the writ of habeas corpus in cases when the offense charged is within the jurisdiction of the county court, etc. [Cohst., art. 5, § 16.] They have such power in all cases in which the constitution has not conferred the power on the district courts, or the judges thereof. [Code Crim. Proc., arts. 74, 135.] In a case like the one before us, the constitution has not conferred the power to issue the writ upon the district courts or the judges thereof. [Const.,
Reversed and remanded.