Legal Opinion

Rigdon v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1899PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ of error to- the Circuit Court for Baker county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

Writ of error from decision of the Circuit Court on an application for bail.

Plaintiffs in error were indicted by a grand jury in Baker county for the murder of George P.. Canova and were taken into custody by the sheriff of that county. They applied to the Circuit Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit for a writ of habeas corpus to have the cause of their detention inquired into, and that they be discharged from custody or admitted to bail. The sworn application for the writ states that plaintiffs in error were detained in custody in the county jail of Baker county under a charge…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
  2. Ex parte HeffrenIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Ex. Parte NewmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  4. Ex parte HammockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  5. Murray v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1889

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. ArthurSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. Russell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
  3. Ex parte McDanielSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
  4. Ex Parte TullySupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  5. State Ex Rel. Loper v. StackDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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