State Ex Rel. Williams v. Mayo

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus in this Court.

The petitioner makes two contentions. The first is that the information on which the petitioner was tried and convicted was insufficient to charge any offense against the laws of the State of Florida. The information charged:

“That F. G. Ward, E. L. Smith, and J. B. Williams of the County of Dade and State of Florida on the 19th day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred-and twenty-six, in -the -County and State aforesaid, did then and there break and enter in the night time the store building of Clarence…