Ex-parte Bryant

The Chief Justice

delivered the opinion of the Court:

At the fall term of the Circuit Court for Leon county? Lott Bryant was convicted of larceny. The sentence was- “ that you, Lott Bryant, for your said offense, do forfeit and pay to the State of Florida the sum of two hundred dollars,, and that you pay the costs of this prosecution, including a fee of ten dollars to the State’s Attorney, to be taxed by the clerk, and that the sheriff do keep you in custody until the judgment of this court is complied with.” Thereupon he was taken to jail. He now files a petition in this court representing…