Osborne v. Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. F. R. Osborne, the plaintiff in error, was arrested in the State of Florida for an alleged violation of a statute of that State in knowingly acting as the agent, at Jacksonville, for the Southern Express Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Georgia and doing business in Florida, without having paid the license provided for by statute.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. F. R. Osborne, the plaintiff in error, was arrested in the State of Florida for an alleged violation of a statute of that State in knowingly acting as the agent, at Jacksonville, for the Southern Express Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Georgia and doing business in Florida, without having paid the license provided for by statute. He was required to give a bond for his appearance before the criminal court of record of Duval County, in the State of Florida, to answer the charge, and upon his refusal to give the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Peckh-am,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The criminal proceedings against the plaintiff in error were taken by virtue of a statute of Florida, known as chapter 4115, approved June 2, 1893. The ninth section of that chapter provides that: “No person shall engage in or manage the business, profession or occupation mentioned in this section unless a state license shall have' been procured from the tax collector, which license shall be issued to each person on receipt of the ■ amount hereinafter provided, together with the county judge’s fee of twenty-five…
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