Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Owens v. Barnes

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1888PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Motion for an alternative writ of mandamus. This is a case of original jurisdiction. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The Chief Justice

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an original proceeding for mandamus, in which the relator sets forth that as County Solicitor for the.Criminal Court of Record for Duval county, he filed at the February term, 1888, three several informations, one against Dave Holmes charging him with gambling in a gambling house, one against Joseph Welch charging him with vagrancy, and the third against George White charging him with trespass with malicious intent; that Holmes pleaded guilty, whereupon the court ordered that sentence be suspended upon payment of costs by him; that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  2. Commonwealth v. GorhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  3. Blaufus v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. Faunce v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  5. Keithler v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  2. Ellis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  3. Dial v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  4. Ex parte McDanielSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
  5. State v. KeirnDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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