Stokes v. Galloway
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Marion County. • The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
This writ of error was allowed and taken to a judgment in habeas corpus proceedings remanding to the custody of the Sheriff the petitioners who were held on a capias issued by authority of indictments found under Chapter 5692, Acts of 1907, amending section p470 of the General Statutes of 1906, which amending *438statute is alleged to have been enacted in violation of Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution, thereby making the indictments and the detention in custody of the petitioners unlawful.
The Constitutional provision, the Section amended and the amending statute are as follows:
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