State Ex Rel. Williams v. Coleman

In habeas corpus proceedings the strongest intendments are indulged against the petitioner.

The indictment charges that the accused “did * * * unlawfully and corruptly demand and exact” etc.

The word “exact” as used in the statute is not synonymous with the word “demand.” See Callaway v. State, 112 Fla. 599, 152 Sou. 429, where Mr. Justice Ellis said:

“The gravamen of the felony consists in either exacting or accepting a reward or compensation other than that which is provided by law for the performance or non-performance or violation of a law or, rule which is incumbent upon the officer to obey…