Hamilton v. State

—Plaintiff in error was convicted of assault with intent to commit armed robbery and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. The cause is now brought to this Court for review, by return of the writ of error issued herein, and also by petition for writ of habeas corpus, attacking the validity of the indictment. A former conviction was set aside, for reasons not pertinent here. See State, ex rel. Hamilton, v. Chapman, 125 Fla. 235, 169 So. 658.

The information upon which the conviction is predicated is as follows (omitting formal parts) :

“Roy D. Stubbs, State Attorney of the Twelfth…