Terrell v. Wiggins
Supreme Court of Florida
This case "was decided'by Division B.' (Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Polk County. Statement: On the 1st of January, 1908, the following petition for habeas' corpus was presented to‘the judge of 'the sixth judicial circuit of Florida' in and for Polk County: “The petition of -W.'C. Spro'tt, a citizen of said county, humbly complaining shows unto your honor'that' Ben Terrell, a person of color, also a citizen of said county in whom petitioner has an interest, is…
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This case "was decided'by Division B.' (Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Polk County. Statement: On the 1st of January, 1908, the following petition for habeas' corpus was presented to‘the judge of 'the sixth judicial circuit of Florida' in and for Polk County: “The petition of -W.'C. Spro'tt, a citizen of said county, humbly complaining shows unto your honor'that' Ben Terrell, a person of color, also a citizen of said county in whom petitioner has an interest, is illegally deprived of his liberty in said county by J. R. Wiggins, sheriff thereof, and Wiggins & Riggins, a firm, whose'…
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.,
(after stating the facts.)—It is contended here that the plaintiff in error was entitled to his discharge after the expiration of twelve months from the date of the sentence, and Miller v. State, 15' Fla. 575, is relied on to support this contention. Subsequent to the-decision in that case the question involved was very thoroughly examined in the case of State v. Horne, 52 Fla.. 125, 42 South. Rep. 388. There is no bill of exceptions in this case and it will be observed that the judge below finds that the petitioner has only suffered about one-sixth of the term of imprisonment…
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