State Ex Rel. v. Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit

-Frank Hyde and C. K. Slaton were informed against in the Criminal Court of Record of Dade County. They were tried and convicted and on writ of error to this Court, their conviction was affirmed. When the mandate to execute the judgment went down, they applied to and secured from the circuit court a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the information was void in that it was not sworn to by the county solicitor.

At this state of the cause, application for prohibition was made to this Court. A rule nisi was issued and returns duly entered thereto by the circuit judge and the defendants. The…