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[Judgement against the State of Texas, page seven]

Description: Supreme Court of the United States, case number 406, October term, 1953. Pete Hernández v. the State of Texas. Hernández had appealed the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas.
Date: May 3, 1954
Creator: United States. Supreme Court

[Judgement against the State of Texas, page seven]

Description: Supreme Court of the United States, case number 406, October term, 1953. Pete Hernández v. the State of Texas. Hernández had appealed the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas.
Date: May 3, 1954
Creator: United States. Supreme Court

Number 25,816 in the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas, Pete Hernández, Appellant versus the State of Texas, appellee

Description: Appellant's brief for the case of Pete Hernández against the State of Texas at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Pete Hernández is suing the State of Texas for depriving him of his right to the "due process" and "equal protect clauses" of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The brief states that "persons of Mexican or Latin-American descent were intentionally, arbitrarily, capriciously and systemically excluded from service as grand jury commissioners and grand… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas

Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, SSBB, in Harris County, Texas

Description: Abstract of title to part of block 4 of the "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, including the General Warranty Deeds, Assignment of V/T & D/T, Agreement, Right-of-Way Deed, Quit-Claim Deed, Release of Interest, Release of V/T, Release of V/L, Assignment of M/L, Release of M/L for the property area.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: Texas Abstract Company Incorporated

[Affidavit from Ernest Rosales - 1957-11-06]

Description: Witness testimony giving Ernest Rosales's account of the night of November 1, 1957, describing Rosales and his friends being engaged in a fight with some other men, during which shots were fired. Second page of testimony is not included here.
Date: November 6, 1957
Creator: Rosales, Ernest

Scire Facias No. 918, August 3, 1959

Description: Scire Facias Number 918 for the State of Texas versus Woodrow Griffin, Principal, and John J. Herrera, Surety, regarding the forfeiture of the bond guaranteed by Herrera.
Date: August 3, 1959
Creator: State of Texas

[Letter from Mario Garza Ramos to John J. Herrera - November 7, 1968]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from a public notary, Mario Garza Ramos, in Matamoros in Mexico, formally giving Herrera authority on behalf of Ana García de Barguiarena and Roberto Barguirena Menchaca with regards to a 1968 Volkswagen car with Mexican registration for their younger son, Roberto Barguiarena García.
Date: November 7, 1968
Creator: Ramos, Mario Garza

[BF form for clemency - 1961-06-24]

Description: Uncompleted form to request clemency from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Date: June 24, 1961
Creator: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles

[BF form for clemency - 1961-06-24]

Description: Uncompleted form to request clemency from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Date: June 24, 1961
Creator: Texas. Board of Pardons and Paroles

IBM Deferred Vacation Record

Description: Small card is Kenith L. Ballard's copy of his Deferred Vacation Record spanning 1969-1971 noting vacation days earned and deferred as well as days to be taken in 1971.
Date: 1970
Creator: International Business Machines Corporation
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