Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Amos
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 6, 1927PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStrum, J.
At a special term of the Circuit Court for Seminole County, the grand jury presented two indictments against the petitioner, Ernest Amos, purporting to charge petitioner with the common law offense of malpractice in office, such malpractice consisting of the 'alleged wilful and corrupt failure on the part of the petitioner as Comptroller of the State of Florida to perform several discretionary official duties. See Ex parte Amos, 112 South. Rep. 289; 29 Cyc. 1449; 1 Bishop Crim. Law (9 Ed.) Sec. 460. Each indictment contains two counts. Petitioner is held in custody by authority of a capias…
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