STATE EX REL. McFARLAND v. ROBERTS


74 So.2d 88 (1954)

STATE ex rel. McFARLAND v. ROBERTS, Chief of Police.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

July 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. McClung, Tampa, for appellant.

Karl E. Whitaker and John J. Twomey, Tampa, for appellee.


TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the City Court of Tampa, Florida, for the violation of Ordinance 865-A, relating to misdemeanors and penalty therefor. He forthwith applied for and secured a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his conviction was illegal in that Ordinance 865-A was in direct conflict with and was repugnant to Chapter 28000, Acts of 1953, now Section 165.191 and note F.S.A. A hearing was had and petitioner was remanded to...

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