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JEFFERSON v. SWEAT

76 So.2d 494 (1954)

JEFFERSON ex rel. v. SWEAT.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

On Rehearing December 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.H. Myerson and Walter G. Arnold, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Mark R. Hawes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William A. Hallowes, III, Jacksonville, for appellee.

TERRELL, Justice.

August 27, 1953 appellant was arrested in Duval County with a Federal wagering stamp which he admitted to be his property and that he purchased it in July 1953. He was carried before a committing magistrate where a warrant was issued charging him with various offenses, among which was that "on diverse days between the 31st of July and the 27th of August 1953 in Duval County, Florida, with being a common gambler and, therefore, a vagrant, contrary...

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