Tidwell v. the Circuit Court of Desoto County, Fla.

THOMAS, J.:

The petitioner has applied to this Court for writ of prohibition directed to the judges of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit to prevent his trial in their court upon an information charging him with receiving stolen property, valued at less than fifty dollars, as denounced by Section 811.16, Florida Statutes, 1941.

The penalty prescribed for violation of that law is “imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding five years, or . . . fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.” Thus, the offense is a felony under Article XVI, Sec tion 25, of the Constitution' of Florida, defining that…