D'Allessandro v. Tippins, as Sheriff

The defendants being held in custody of the Sheriff: of Lee County under a conviction had in the Circuit Court of that County, the defendant D’Allessandro having been convicted of accessory before the fact of an attempt to commit arson and having beeen sentenced to serve a period of five years in State Prison, and the defendant Studstill having been convicted of “attempted arson” and having been sentenced to serve a period of three years in State Prison, sued out writ of habeas corpus contending that the indictment under which they were convicted charges no offense against the laws of the…