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POPE v. BLANTON

10 F.Supp. 15 (1934)

POPE et al. v. BLANTON, County Judge, et al.

District Court, N. D. Florida.

July 13, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sutton, Tillman & Reeves, of Tampa, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Cary D. Landis, Atty. Gen., of the state of Florida, H. E. Carter and J. V. Keen, Asst. Attys. Gen., and William T. Hendry, of Perry, Fla., for defendants.

Before BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and AKERMAN and LONG, District Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

It is provided by a Florida statute that it shall be unlawful for any person "to maintain and use for the purpose of catching or taking commercial sponges from the Gulf of Mexico, or the Straits of Florida or other waters within the territorial limits of the State of Florida, diving suits, helmets or other apparatus used by deep sea divers." Punishment for violation of the statute is fixed at a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding...

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