State ex rel. Stillman v. Merritt

Jack Stillman was confined in the county jail by the sheriff of Duval County under the authority of a writ of commitment, which was presumably issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, committing Stillman to the custody of the sheriff to-await the action of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County upon a charge valid in form and substance of the violation of a criminal law.

' The petitioner applied to the judges of, the Circuit Court for Duval County for a.writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was confined and restrained, of his liberty in the county jail of Duval County, by virtue of…