Williamson v. Baker

On an application to this Court for a writ of habeas corpus it appears that on May 22, 1933, the three petitioners and one other person were indicted for murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed on May 13, 1933. A history of the legal proceedings under such indictment may be found in Chambers v. State, 111 Fla. 707, 151 So. 499; 113 Fla. 787, 152 So. 437; 117 Fla. 642, 158. So. 153; 123 Fla. 734, 167 So. 697; 136 Fla. 568, 187 So. 156; Chambers v. Florida, 309 U. S. 227, 60 Sup. Ct. 472, 84 Law Ed. 716.

The validity of the indictment was not adjudicated in any of the cited…