Case Name: Ex Parte Sol Brown
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1901-05-08
Citations: 43 Tex. Crim. 45
Docket Number: No. 2171
Parties: Ex Parte Sol Brown.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 45–48

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Sol Brown.
No. 2171.
Decided May 8, 1901.
Motion for Rehearing Decided June 26, 1901.
1. —Habeas Corpus in Vacation—Certificate to Transcript for Appeal.
Where a writ of habeas corpus is heard in vacation and an appeal is taken, the transcript on appeal must be certified by the trial judge, and not by the clerk.
2. —Same—Practice on Appeal.
Where the record on appeal, in a habeas corpus proceeding fails to show that relator has been continuously in the custody of the sheriff since he was remanded on the hearing of the writ, the appeal will be dismissed.
ON MOTION EOR REHEARING.
3. —Justices of the Peace—Jurisdiction.
Justices of the Peace have original concurrent jurisdiction in criminal matters coe tensive with the limits of the county when the punishment is by fine only, and the maximum of the fine does not exceed $200. In such cases a justice of the peace has jurisdiction of any case occurring in the county whether in his own or any other justice’s precinct in the county.
Appeal from Burleson County. Habeas corpus before county judge in vacation. Tried below before Hon. R. J. Alexander, County Judge.
Appeal from a judgment in a habeas corpus proceeding remanding relator to custody.
The opinion states the case.
A. L. Davis and Ben B. Hunt, for relator.
With regard to final trial of causes coming within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, whether civil or criminal, the statute evidently contemplates that the action and jurisdiction of the justice court shall be limited jby and to his precinct.
It is admitted that the offense with which the relator stood charged was committed in justice precinct No. 2 of Burleson County, and that there was a regular elected justice of the peace holding the office in said precinct ; that the complaint was made against the relator in justice precinct No. 1 of Burleson County; that he was tried in and before the justice of the peace of precinct No. 1; that he regularly entered his plea, claiming the right to be prosecuted in precinct No. 2, where the offense with which he was charged was alleged to have been committed. Hart v. State, 15 Texas Crim. App., 226; Henry v. State, 17 Texas Crim. App, 178.
RoVt A. John, Assistant Attorney-General, for respondent.

Opinion:
BROOKS, Judge.
Upon application for the writ of habeas corpus before Hon. R. J. Alexander, county judge of Burleson County, relator was remanded to the custody of the sheriff, and appeals. The Assistant Attorney-General moves the dismissal of this appeal on the following grounds, to wit: "(1) That, although there is a copy of the certifi cate of the county judge before whom the writ of habeas corpus was heard, this transcript before this court was certified to and the copy of said certificate of the county judge is certified to by the county clerk of Burleson County. (2) The State further moves to dismiss the appeal because the purported record or transcript fails to show relator has been continuously in the custody of the sheriff since he was remanded upon the hearing of said writ." An examination of the record shows the grounds of the motion are meritorious. The record should be certified by the judge, instead of by the clerk, when the hearing is had in vacation. See Ex parte Overstreet, 39 Texas Crim. Rep., 468; Ex parte Malone, 35 Texas Crim. Rep., 297. The record fails to show relator has been continuously in custody of the sheriff since he was remanded upon the hearing of said writ. This is necessary. See Ex parte Patterson, 42 Texas Crim. Rep., 256; Ex parte Snyder, 39 Texas Crim. Rep., 120; Bruce v. State, 40 Texas Crim. Rep., 377. The motion is sustained, and the appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Dismissed.