State Ex Rel. Cheney v. Rowe

CHAPMAN, J.:

This is a case of original jurisdiction in mandamus. It is made to appear that the petitioner, R. O. Cheney, on June 17, 1942, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Suwannee County, Florida, of the crime of larceny of cattle and for said offense sentenced by the trial court to serve a stated period at hard labor in the Florida State Prison. On September 15, 1942, within the ninety day period provided for by Section 924.09, Florida Statutes 1941, petitioner Cheney entered his appeal from the sentence and judgment of conviction entered in the Circuit Court of Suwannee County,…