The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-21
PURcED or CONTEMPT YESTERDAY.
muchwanted Minute Book Turned Over to
the Court.
pECoaMlTTED FOR IwENTY.FouR HOURS
Held that lie wiIfuiis Placed COM
plinncc with Order Out OF
His Power.

court, will be a free man otter oe.osl
this morning, The means by whica Nj
1tnSicy oblalns rs much desired libeFt!
are fully explained by the following doeu
menis, both of which were made OF recorC
in the Eievengh civil district court yes,er.
day:
0. C. Drew ct al vs.. Houston Gene
terry Company e. al, In district coart,
Harris county, Texas December term,
lSgS.
To the Hon. John G. Tod, Judge of Said
Court.
Your petitioner, Thomas Tiusley,
believing that further conl.ne men; In
Jail viii desa,oy his health, yields
unicr protest to the order passed in
this cause. February 6, 1897 ana de-
hfEgs Iuso the iuteiNeI tho ulinu4e
book mentioned in said order Your Pc
titio1eF says that the is unable TO COM
ply with said order as regards ray
ment OF $492.52 trust money and 500
fine, and IS further unable to deliver
tInto the receiver the notes mentioned,
because such Of them as he had depos-
TIED with j. W puuiy, 50 Broadway
New York, to secure q debt In owed
said PuTdy and TO whom the Cemetery
company in March 1896. had already
by ilrsi lien pledged said no es and
for these reasons your petitioner has
not now possession or control of said
notes. In depositilg said notes as
a;oresa! your pe'iu1ner did not in
tend any contempt OF this courts or
der but acted under the eonvlction
that he had the right 10 use said notes
and that The courts If last resMt would
SO hold. Your petitioner further says
that he does no. admit the claims OK
Il. -
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dispose of his nyoportv rights by
contemp, proc e'ing or In such pro-
ceedings to adiudS ,hat n c'cS net
"a ff tN H7
an officer OF me oorpcraiion. but 10
avoid the sacrifice of aeath ami per
haps of lie he now complies as far rs
he dal with the court s CTier aud re-
sp@efIay move tlot ina raft y II
10
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Thomas Tlnsley.
Sworn to and zubscrbs1 before me
this 2u,n Gay OF pe,e'nner' 1928; y
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HATr,s county IeRas' by u . Nui-
ton Deputy
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" y iiF" ~ al W. houston Oe'''e.e'
Company ct al. This 2Oth day or December
4. y. 1898, at a regular term OF the dis rict
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"-ieta' 'is'i ip1 oanie oh 10 Us heatu 'H'
notion Of Thomas Tfp9ley for discharge
If the order of the court rendered herein
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in, "a ~ fo- ,d u
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~ y. uot ~ o'Iv' lesp We, pu, II
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.ii9; n'S p9en suaisS o. Will
,e-leliip. u NJ Voutt U! Nolu.tlari.y Plac-
l is - out VI nis poWci OF "p'F.'y 10 com
''S Vim salu comm 'i1S o'utr' except az
. sai1 ihi,i'pls oooA' - 'here'oT' con
'.uelen aIh oFueIen py me eour- that sale
ON orNe' O. to,wit' feoruary y
.o', ne ana me NJ, samo Is nerepy aischarPe.
alpI sala lhotlas llhstey relieved
rom Imprisonment or custody thereundef
DUN mat ne, ihonan llnSleN be ara Is
hereby ad1udgea guilty OF willful contempt
d TINS COURT III so placing compliance viii
'aia committing order beyond his power
,hu ap,Mty o, a, aioteshld ara tha. as pun-
nit rdxs to the lsas common iail Of Harris oonn