State Ex Rel. Griffin v. Sullivan

TERRELL, J.:

Appellant was taken in custody on a Justice of the Peace’s warrant charging him with violating Rule 14.01 of the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, relating to the taking, sale or transportation of fish from the fresh waters of Florida. He was brought before the Circuit Court on a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the acts with which he was charged were done by him in good faith pursuant to Chapters 22582 and 22788, Acts of 1945. A motion to discharge the writ was granted, the appellant was remanded and this appeal was prosecuted.

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