Ex-parte Peacock
Supreme Court of Florida
STATEMENT. Samuel J. Peacock, James E. Cashen, Samuel Houston and Moses McDonald have obtained a writ of habeas corpus returnable before this court.
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STATEMENT. Samuel J. Peacock, James E. Cashen, Samuel Houston and Moses McDonald have obtained a writ of habeas corpus returnable before this court. The petition alleges that they are detained in custody without lawful authority, and illegally restrained of their liberty by Paul Phillips, the Chief of Police of the city of Jacksonville, in the municipal court room in and of that city, by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued under the following circumstances: petitioners were convicted in such municipal court oh the charge that they, respectively, were in possession of certain bar rooms where…
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J.:
The first section of the 10th article of the act establishing the municipality of Jacksonville, chapter 3775, Laws of 1887, provides for a municipal court for the trial of all offences against the municipal ordinances, and section 2 enacts that “ all persons convicted by said *488court shall forthwith pay all fines and costs assessed against them, in default whereof they may be committed; provided that if such persons shall appeal within three days from the judgment of the court they shall be released upon entering into bond with good and sufficient security in double the amount of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In re RingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- Mayor of Savannah v. HusseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
- Holland v. State ex rel. Duval CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- First Municipality v. CuttingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1849
- Haywood v. Mayor of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Anderson v. ShacklefordSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Loeb v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Atkins v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Florida · 1890
- Greene v. City of GulfportSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
- Austin v. Town of OviedoSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
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