Ex parte Garvey

In habeas corpus proceedings it appears that M. Garvey was by information filed in the Criminal Court of Record for Hillsborough County, charged with a violation of Chapter 8401, Acts of 1921, in that he “unlawfully did pass a certain worthless check of the tenor and effect” as stated in the information. It was urged as grounds for discharging the defendant on habeas corpus that the statute, Ghapter 8401, is unconstitutional and inoperative in that it in effect authorizes imprisonment for debt in violation of Section 16 of the Declaration of Rights of the State Constitution, which provides…