State ex rel. Johnson v. Quigg
Supreme Court of Florida
A Writ of Error to tlie Circuit Court for Dade County; H. Pierre Branning, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield. J.
In habeas corpus proceedings instituted in the Circuit Court it appears that Harcourt Johnson, a minor under the age of seventeen years, was convicted of an offense in the municipal court of the City of Miami, and sentenced to imprisonment. He seeks release from custody on the ground that Chapter 8663, Acts of 1921, requried the municipal court to certify the charge against him to the Juvenile Court of Dade County for disposition in that court.
The Chief of Police in his return asserts the invalidity of Chapter 8663 upon the ground that the legislature had no power, to establish…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
- Board of Public Instructions v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
- Ex parte SimmonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Faison v. VestalSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
- Douglass v. ShackelfordSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
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- Ex Parte BrowneSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
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- State Ex Rel. Landis v. DickensonSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
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