Case Name: Ex Parte Ruby Edgington
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-12-11
Citations: 129 Tex. Crim. 566
Docket Number: No. 18192
Parties: Ex Parte Ruby Edgington.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 129
Pages: 566–567

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Ruby Edgington.
No. 18192.
Delivered December 11, 1935.
Rehearing Denied January 29, 1936.
The opinion states the case.
Ramey A. Smith, of Sulphur Springs, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
This is a habeas proceeding. From an order of the district court remanding her to custody appellant appeals.
Appellant was convicted in the corporation court of the city of Sulphur Springs of the offense of indecently exposing her person, as defined by Art. 526, P. C. She appealed to the county court, where she was again convicted and a fine of fifty dollars assessed against her. In the trial in the county court appellant's motion to quash the complaint was overruled. She now seeks by writ of habeas corpus to have this court determine that the complaint is fundamentally defective.
In view of the fact that the complaint attempts to charge an offense denounced by a valid statute, the writ of habeas corpus is not available to test the sufficiency of said complaint. Ex parte Helton, 79 S. W. (2d) 139.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.