Jones v. State

Plaintiffs in error were convicted in the County Court of Pinellas County upon an information filed by the prosecuting attorney for said county, charging that on a certain date they did “unlawfully fish in Old Tampa Bay for the purpose of catching fish in said bay, north of Gandy Bridge,-with a gill net, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided," etc. Upon habeas corpus proceedings before the Circuit Judge, plaintiffs in error were remanded to custody, whereupon they took writ of error to this Court.

The question involved is the validity of the statute, Chapter 10635…