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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 11.37. Death, Etc., Sufficient Return Of Writ

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Art. 11.37. [149] [197] [187] DEATH, ETC., SUFFICIENT RETURN 
OF WRIT.  It is a sufficient return of the writ of habeas corpus 
that the person, once detained, has died or escaped, or that by some 
superior force he has been taken from the custody of the person 
making the return;  but where any such cause shall be assigned, the 
court or judge shall proceed to hear testimony;  and the facts 
stated in the return shall be proved by satisfactory evidence.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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