Ex parte Theisen
Supreme Court of Florida
This is a case of original jurisdiction by writ of habeas corpus. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J. :
The petition of C. Theisen, filed in this court on the 3d day of November, A. D. 1892, alleges that he is detained and held in custody by Joseph Wilkins, sheriff of Escambia county, Florida, and ex-officio marshal of the Provisional Municipality of Pensacola, under judgment and sentence pronounced against him on the first day of November, A. D. 1892, by the President of said Provisional Municipality, and judge presiding in said municipal court, on a charge of violating an ordinance of said municipality. The detention is alleged to be unjust and contrary to law, and the grounds…
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