State Ex Rel. Wall v. Coleman

In this case writ of habeas corpus was issued on the petition of A. D. H. Fossey, Herman Walls and Herman Jesse, who each alleged that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty in the custody of Coleman as Sheriff of Dade County, Florida, under a capias issued pursuant to an indictment returned in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, on the 14th day of August, A. D. 1935, and that said indictment charges no offense against the laws of the State of Florida.

The return shows that the petitioners are each held under a capias as alleged in the petition of each.

The charging part of the…