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* ''Ferrantello v. State'', 256 S.W.2d 587, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14436235296233286902 ???] (Tex.Crim.App. 1953) (citation omitted) ("Appellant’s second contention that the Act is unconstitutional is based on the fact that the Constitution of Texas, Section 15 of Article III, provides: '. . . .' while Section 2 of Article 5429a provides for the maximum penalty assessed in this case. Great reliance is had upon Ex parte Youngblood, 94 Tex.Cr.R. 330, 251 S.W. 509, wherein we held that the Legislature was powerless to raise the maximum punishment set forth in the Constitution. The fundamental distinction between the Youngblood case-and the case at bar lies in the identity of the tribunal assessing the punishment. In the Youngblood case, the Legislature sought to impose the punishment; while in the case at bar the court set the punishment upon a verdict of the jury following a trial for the substantive offense of refusing to answer questions propounded by a legislative committee.") | |||
* ''Canfield v. Gresham'', 17 S.W. 390, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/017_SW_390.pdf 390-93] (Tex. 1891) ("This suit was brought by appellant against 56 members of the house of representatives of the twentieth legislature and J. C. Carr, its sergeant at arms, to recover damages alleged to have been caused by his unlawful and malicious arrest and imprisonment. . . . The house had unquestionably the right to determine whether or not the acts of plaintiff were an obstruction to its proceedings within the meaning of the constitution, and, having so determined, to cause him to be imprisoned as he was. The command of the house protected the sergeant at arms.") | * ''Canfield v. Gresham'', 17 S.W. 390, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/017_SW_390.pdf 390-93] (Tex. 1891) ("This suit was brought by appellant against 56 members of the house of representatives of the twentieth legislature and J. C. Carr, its sergeant at arms, to recover damages alleged to have been caused by his unlawful and malicious arrest and imprisonment. . . . The house had unquestionably the right to determine whether or not the acts of plaintiff were an obstruction to its proceedings within the meaning of the constitution, and, having so determined, to cause him to be imprisoned as he was. The command of the house protected the sergeant at arms.") | ||