Farris v. Hall

The petitioners Robert Smith and Emmett Farris were arrested and convicted in Lake City, Florida, under an affidavit in the following language:

“Before me, the Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Lake City, Florida, a municipal corporation, personally appeared Arthur Hall, who first being duly sworn deposes' and says: That on the 21st day of November, A. D. 1933, within the incorporate limits of the City of Lake-City, Florida, the said Robert Smith and/or Emmett Farris did sell, and/or deliver, goods, wares and merchandise from a motor truck to merchants within the incorporate limits…