State v. Bethea
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for DeSoto County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
Hugh C. Bethea was indicted and arrested on a capias for violation of chapter 5929, acts of 1909. On habeas corpus proceedings he was discharged, the court holding that the statute is void because it was not enacted in accordance with the requirements of organic law, in that it appears from the legislative journals that the act was passed by the house by its full title, and was then passed by the Senate by a title embracing the first half of the full title only. A writ of error was allowed and taken by the State under section 2257, General Statutes of 1906.
The title to chapter 5929 is as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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