The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955 Page: 3 of 4
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Texas Press Association
AUSTIN. — Whether Texas
ehool laws have been nullified
under a statewde advisory
littee's study.
Gov. Allan Shivers outlined
sjor desegregation problems at
committee’s initial meeting
, week. Although he drnounc-
the U. S. Supreme Court de-
he said the answer was not
, defiance. He recommended ad-
in the beet interest of
school children.
| Shivers said an El Paso district
decision ordering desegre-
i at Texas Western College
necessitate rewriting the
lilmer-Aiken laws. School mon-
now is allocated on the basis
separate, but equal, facilities
far *white and colored.
Bi-racial, the group includes 34
community leaders appointed by
the governor and eight legislators
named by the House Speaker and
Lieutenant Governor.
Will Moms Crews, San An-
tonio lawyer and contractor, was
named to head a 12-member ex-
ecutive committee. A legal sub-
committee will study legislative
need#.
Areas of study suggested by
the governor:
1. What to do about present
compulsory attendance and com-
pulsory segregation laws.
2. Whether either white or col-
ored children Can be forced to at-
tend a certain school, or integrate,
against their will.
3. Ways and means of giving
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Polio Vaccine Allocated
Children under 10 and expect-
ant mothers have won priority
recognition for Texas’ supply of
commercial Sulk vaccine.
Such preference was recom-
mended by the State Polio Vac-
cine Committee Dr Henry Holle,
state health commissioner, called
the group to decide how the 36,-
540 vaccine doses released to Tex-
as should be used.
Recommended U9e was split, 83
per cent commercially, 17 per
cent by public ageneiesi
Agencies were asked to order
through retail outlets, not from
manufacturers. Doctors were urg-
ed to keep accurate records.
Nationally, it had been, sug-
gested preference be given chil-
dren five to nine. Basis for the
change in Texas was records
showing 44 per cent of paralytic
polio last year hit children under
five.
Though the state vaccine, com-
mittee has no official authority,
it anticipated no difficulty in get-
ting co-operation. Its nine mem-
bers represent top officials and
leaders in the medical, pharma-
ceutical and osteopathic profes-
sion.
Senterfitt Choose* Chairman
Reuben Senterfitt last week an-
nounced that a fellow San Saban,
Kelly Owen, will direct his cam-
paign for governor
Owen will havt his first poli-
tical experience when Senterfitt’s
22-member steering committee
meets in Austin Aug. 17.
Leasing Program Clean
Multi-millon dollar public school
| land leasing operations apparent-
ly are not involved in Texas’ land
scandal
State Land Commissioner J
| Earl Rudder testified last week
he had found no evidence of
school Land irregularities
Rudder's testimony was in the
wind-up of a court inquiry. Be-
i gun in April, it war conducted by
the Attorney General’s depart-
ment.
Emphasis has been on land of-
fice activities other than the vet-
erans program. Mtiltiple investi-
gations in the latter area resulted
in 319 indictments and conviction
of former Land commissioner Bas-
com Giles.
Rudder said he still is sending
i files of questionable veterans land
i transactions to district attorneys,
j Other witnesses told of land in
Mexico traded under the veterans
program, and of questionable
block deals in Maverick County.
Investigation of these stories
was begun immediately by the at-
torney general’s department .
Giles Jury Cost Extra
As a postscript to the Bascom
Giles theft trial, Travis County
has a bill for $542 20
This was the cost of putting
jurymen in air-conditioned hotel
rooms. One juror had become ill
from stifling courthouse dormi-
tory heat, threatening a mis-trial
Plans for courthouse air con-
ditioning have since been initi-
ated.
Water Mobilisation Urged
Mobilization in a "battle for
survival" against water shortage
us urged by State Senator Dorsey
B. Hardeman of San Angelo.
Hardeman heads the Texas
Water Resources Committee that
met last week to review water
conservation action by the recent
legislature.
He recommended farm and bus-
iness interests and local leaders
organize to make Texans water
conscious.
Recommendations for future
government action will be in the
committee’s bi-annual report on.
Sept. 1.
Construction Record Sot
Estimated value of construction
in Texas hit an all-time peak the
first half of 1955. It prompted
prediction for a new overall bus-
iness record this year from the
University of Texas Bureau of
Business Research. Only a severe
decline, said bureau experts,
could bring down the average—
11 per cent higher than 1954.
NEWS FROM
STREETMAN
By MRS. W. M. CRAIG
Nell Tisdale spent last week
With her aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Tucker, jn Teague.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gaddy were
recent visitors in Ft. Worth.-
J. D Miller, who has been in
a Corsicana hospital, has been
sent to the Anderson Hospital in
Houston.
Mrs. Hazel Beauchamp and
Kenny spent several days with
her daughter, Mrs. Frances Lov-
ing, in Ft. Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Dunlap
and three granddaughters and
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ruster, Lar-
ry, Betty and Paula of San An-
gelo visited the Craig and Harris
families here and also attended
the homecoming Saturday.
Dr. Robert Cook and Mrs. Cook
of Ft. Worth were recent visitors
of the A. E. Gaddies.
Billy Jack Thompson of Hunts-
ville spent last week end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Thompson.
Noel Craig of Wilmer had bus-
iness here on Saturday.
J. S. Compton and family and
Edward Compton of Port Arthur
spent the week end at home.
Houston people attending the
homecoming here Saturday were
Dr. Leslie McCary, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Smotherman and daugh-
ters, Carolyn and Marilyn, and
Charles Curry. Dallas people at-
tending were Mrs. Buddy Vyers
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Sherrard, Mrs. Dana Mc-
Kissack. Mr and Mrs. Ray Du-
bose, Mrs. Cleve Middleton and
daughter, Cleve Ruth, Cody Gil-
bert, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bryant,
Jr . and children.
■Mrs. I L, Jones, Lester and
Linda returned to Tulsa, Okla.,
on Monday, after spending sev-
eral weeks with her parents, Mr
and Mrs. W M. Craig.
Other week end visitors here
were Jim Gilbert of Buffalo,
Mrs. Jewell Harris of Troup,
Mrs. Dexter Hamilton and Mrs.
Carry Thompson of Dallas, Bon-
ham Curry of Farmersville and
many others.
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CORPUS DELICTI
Two legal phrases which are
probably more misunderstood
and misused by laymen than any
other are "habeas corpus” and
"corpus delicti.”
The words habeas corpus are
Latin for “you have the body.”
They are commonly used in the
legal profession to describe a
writ or order signed by the judge
directed to the sheriff or jailer
holding a prisoner or to any per-
son who is physically detaining
another, and commanding him to
produce the body (alive) of the
prisoner (or person detained) be-
fore the judge. The purpose of
such an order is to allow the
judge to determine whether the
prisoner is being held lawfully
or whether he should be set free.
The writ of habeas corpus pre-
vents law enforcement officers
from abusing the constitutional
right of personal liberty and has
been a jealously guarded privi-
lege.
The words corpus delicti are
Latin and. liberally translated,
mean the elements of the crime
or wrong doing. Laymen incor-
rectly interpret corpus delicti as
meaning literally “the body?’ as
in a murder case.
Speaking technically ir. a legal
sense, corpus delicti is that which
must be proved in every crim-
inal case. Such proof must show
that an unlawful act has been
committed and that it has been
committed by a human agency.
The mere finding of a dead body
or a burning building does not
mean that there is murder on the
one hand or arson on the other.
To prove murder, it must be
shown that the death was un-
lawfully caused bv a human
agency. Contrary to popular be-
lief. murder can be proved even
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though the body cannot be found.
In the case q£ Ihe burning touttd-
ing, it must be shown that the
building was unlawfully set on
fire by a human agency.
To sum up then, habeas corpus
is a writ designed to prevent the
unlawful detention or imprison-
ment of any person. Corpus de-
licti, on the rithef hand, literally
means the body of* the crime, or,
in general, the subjstanee of the
crime.
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Simmons, Mildred. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955, newspaper, August 11, 1955; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060777/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.