State Ex Rel. McGrath v. Coleman

On petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, it was made to appear that Edward J. McGrath was being confined to the county jail of Dade County, Florida, under an indictment returned by a grand jury of Monroe County, Florida, charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree. The petitioner contended that his confinement in the Dade County jail under the aforesaid indictment was unlawful and contrary to the constitutional rights of the said Edward J. McGrath in that the proof that the petitioner committed the crime charged in the indictment…