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MOTT v. COCHRAN

117 So.2d 408 (1960)

Ben Cornell MOTT, Petitioner, v. H.G. COCHRAN, Jr., Director, Florida Division of Corrections, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Cornell Mott, in pro. per., for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

THORNAL, Justice.

By this original proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus the petitioner Mott, seeks release from the State prison.

On August 4, 1959, Mott was adjudged guilty of the separate crimes of forging and uttering a forged check in the amount of thirty dollars. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a period of two years. By his petition he contends that under Sections 831.01 and 831.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., as amended...

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