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· 3/2/1916

Simmons v. State ex rel. Tew

Citations

  • 71 Fla. 340
  • 71 So. 278

Syllabus

<p>Chapter 5651, Laws of igo7, requiring committing magistrates to take security for costs from the party applying for the warrant, or an affidavit of insolvency and of “substantial injury to person or propery by him suffered,” has no applicability to crimes of a public nature, such as the violation of the Local Option Law.</p>

Judges: Account, Cockrell, Ellis, Illness, Shackleford, Taylor, Whitfield

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