Chancey v. Mayo

DE VANE, District Judge.

Petitions for writs of habeas corpus were separately filed by the petitioners, named above, seeking their releases from sentence imposed upon them by the Circuit Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, in and for Manatee County, Florida. Petitioners make serious charges of misconduct against the State Attorney and Sheriff and further allege that they were not allowed counsel at the time of their trial, conviction and sentence. It is upon these grounds that they seek their release.

They first filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court in which they…