Case Name: Ex Parte John Byrd
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1907-11-27
Citations: 101 Tex. 157
Docket Number: No. 1761
Parties: Ex Parte John Byrd.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 101
Pages: 157–157

Head Matter:
Ex Parte John Byrd.
No. 1761.
Decided November 27, 1907.
local Option—Constitutional law.
The case of Ex Parte Dupree, ante, followed and held to govern the decision herein.
Original proceeding by writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court procured by relator Byrd against the sheriff of Brown County.
Harrison <& Wayman, for relator.
Robert V. Davidson, Attorney-General, and Jas. D. Walthall, Assistant, for respondent.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts in this case are practically the same as in Ho. 1762, Ex parte Milt Dupree, and for the reasons assigned in the opinion filed in Ho. 1762, this day, it is ordered that relator John Byrd be remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Brown County to be by him held under the order of the judge of the District Court for that county, and that relator Byrd pay all costs of this proceeding.