Case Name: STATE OF FLORIDA, ex rel. LEO BAILEY, v. H. M. FARRIOR, Sheriff of Washington County, Florida
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1944-12-08
Citations: 155 Fla. 321
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF FLORIDA, ex rel. LEO BAILEY, v. H. M. FARRIOR, Sheriff of Washington County, Florida.
Judges: BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, BROWN, CHAPMAN, THOMAS, ADAMS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 321–322

Head Matter:
STATE OF FLORIDA, ex rel. LEO BAILEY, v. H. M. FARRIOR, Sheriff of Washington County, Florida.
19 So. (2nd) 865
June Term, 1944
December 8, 1944
En Banc
W. W. Flournoy, for petitioner.
J. Tom, Watson, Attorney General, and John C. Wynn, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner was confined in the county jail of Bay County awaiting execution under a death sentence. Pursuant to Sec. 950.02, F.S. '41, FSA, the Governor of Florida requested the circuit judge to order petitioner transferred to Washington County jail. Such order was entered and is now questioned by habeas corpus.
It appears that the Governor was actuated by the best interest of the State in requesting the transfer order. The circuit judge concurred by promptly ordering the transfer.
Such action was done pursuant to a valid statute, wherefore the writ is quashed and petitioner is remanded to custody.
So ordered.
BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, BROWN, CHAPMAN, THOMAS, ADAMS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.