Townsend v. State

STURGIS, Chief Judge.

Wade Hampton Townsend was tried and convicted in the County Judge’s Court of Alachua County on a charge of unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. On appeal to the Circuit Court of Alachua County the judgment was affirmed. He then petitioned this court for writ of certiorari to review the proceedings below on the sole ground that the trial court inter alia charged the jury as follows, thus depriving him of due process of law:

“You have been sworn to uphold the law, and it is your duty to do so. The State Beverage Department employees are likewise sworn to uphold the law,…