Lewis v. Mayo

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus, original jurisdiction. The petitioner was indicted in the Circuit Court of Columbia County. The indictment charged:

“That Nathan Lewis, late of said county, on the 27th day of March, A. D. 1936, in the county and state aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully break and enter a building of another, to-wit: A dwelling house, the property of Clyde Evans, with intent then and there to commit a felony, to- wit: Rape; Contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Florida.”

The record also…