Porter v. Vinzant
Supreme Court of Florida
This ease was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
-The plaintiff in error presented to the Circuit Judge for Duval county a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is detained in the cus*215tody of W. D. Vinzant, as Chief of Police of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, under process issued pursuant to a judgment and sentence of the municipal court of said city, wherein and whereby he was found guilty of a charge of cruelty to animals in violation of an ordinance of said city, and alleging that said judgment and process under Avhich he is held 'by said Chief of Police are void, because the charter of said city does not authorize…
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