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Author: {"author": "HAWKINS, J. A", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ex parte BLUNDELL et al.
    (No. 11449.)
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Nov. 9, 1927.
    • Contempt <&wkey;>54(4) — Where motion to cite relators for contempt appeared on its face to be without merit, court will not issue notice thereon.
    Where motion to cite district attorney, sheriff, and constable for contempt alleged that they removed party, over protest of his attorney, from Caldwell county to Travis county for examination touching his sanity during and pending trial of issue in Caldwell county, but it did not appear removal was in violation of any court order, motion did not state facts showing that parties were in contempt of Court of Criminal Appeals, and, since it appeared on its face to be without merit, court would not issue notice thereon or take further cognizance of it.
    Motion to cite Ered Blundell and others for contempt.
    Motion denied.
    Wm. E. Hawkins, of Breckenridge, and Clarence J. Ginn, of Dallas, for relators.
    A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   HAWKINS, J. A

motion has been filed in this court praying that Ered Blundell, district attorney of the Twenty-Second judicial district of Texas, Walter Ellison, sheriff of Caldwell county, Tex., and Gus England, a constable of said county, be cited to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of this court. The motion alleges that said named parties removed one A. Y. Millikin, over the protest of his, attorneys, from Caldwell county to Travis county for examination touching his sanity during and pending atrial of that issue before Hon. M. C. Jeffrey, district judge of said district in Caldwell county.

Erom the facts stated in the motion it does not appear that relators have disobeyed any orders of this court or are in any way in contempt thereof. The motion appearing from its face to be without merit, we decline to issue notice thereon or to take further cognizance of it.