State Ex Rel. Fox v. Cochran

126 So.2d 883 (1961)

STATE ex rel. Fred M. FOX, Relator,

v.

H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director of Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 8, 1961.

Rinchart & Crouch, Tampa, for relator.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

HOBSON, Justice.

This is a case of original jurisdiction wherein the relator has filed a petition for habeas corpus in which he alleges that he is being illegally restrained by the respondent. The writ was issued, and a return has subsequently been filed. The petition, exhibits, and return contain…