Ex parte Hunter
Supreme Court of Florida
Alfred Hunter filed a petition praying a writ of habeas corpus, directed to the sheriff of Leon county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
It appears by the petition and papers exhibited that Alfred Hunter and another were tried before a justice of the peace, upon a charge of larceny of property of Peter Williams of the value of $5, within the county of Leon ; that a jury was empanelled, and under oath rendered a verdict of guilty; that the accused were each sentenced ■ to pay a fine of $25, and costs $3.85; and that they “be conveyed to the county jail to be employed at such manual labor as the county commissioners may direct, which time shall not exceed ninety days each.” The…
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