Ellis v. State

— This case is before us upon writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County to review the judgment of that court affirming an alleged judgment of the court of crimes of that county. The alleged judgment of the court of crimes was as follows:

“It is the judgment of the court and the sentence of the law, that you, J. H. Ellis, pay a fine of $300 and in default of payment of said fine you will be confined in the county jail for a period of (3) months.”

Under the prior decisions of this Court, the so-called judgment of the court of crimes was defective, in that it contained no…