State Ex Rel. Tatham v. Coleman

On January 17, 1936, a Justice of this Court issued writ of habeas corpus to the Respondent Coleman, as Sheriff, on petition of Orville Rigby, C. H. Reeder, E. G. Sewell and A. D. H. Fossey, who each alleged that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by D. C. Coleman as Sheriff of Dade County, Florida, under a capias issued under a certain pretended indictment filed, in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, on August 16, 1935, and that the said pretended indictment charges no offense under the laws of the State of Florida.

The return admits that the petitioners are each held under a…