North v. Chapman

MATHEWS,' Justice.

The petitioner has been convicted of murder in the first degree. Op appeal this Court affirmed the lower court and. on petition for rehearing denied same and adhered to its first opinion, Fla., 65-So.2d 77. After an unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, 346 U.S. 932, 74 S.Ct. 376, on appeal by the petitioner, the Pardon, Board refused to grant clemency. Since that time three death warrants have been issued. The last on September 25, 1954. The prisoner is now held in the 'death chamber at Raiford, -Florida. On petition for habeas corpus, petitioner…