COOK v. CULBREATH

No. 60-47.

124 So.2d 24 (1960)

Melvin COOK, Appellant, v. W.R. CULBREATH, Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and Thomas J. Kelly, Director of Public Safety, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephens & Hames, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant brought his petition for habeas corpus in the circuit court to test the legality of his detention under a judgment and sentence for contempt of court by a judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Dade County. The record reveals that petitioner was in custody under authority of an order of the last mentioned court entered January 6, 1960, which was a sentence for a contempt. This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court quashing...

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