Spencer v. Gomez

— In habeas corpus proceedings, the defendant in error was discharged from custody of the circuit judge, on the ground that no prosecution had been instituted within two years from the-time the offense charged was' alleged to have been committed, and the plaintiff in error, the Sheriff of Hillsborough County, has brought the judgment of discharge before us for review on writ of error.

While the facts alleged in the petition for the writ in this case are substantially the same as those in the petition in the case of Gomez v. Spencer, decided by this Court on December 8, 1933, and reported in…