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you assumed to accept a plea and pass sentence upon such
charge and warrant because the County Judge's Court has
no final trial jurisdiction in your County and final judg­
ment can only lawfully be entered upon a plea to an infor­
mation duly filed in the County Court as to offenses of
which that Court has jurisdiction.
Yours very truly,
RIVERS BUFORD,
Attorney General.
COUNTY JUDGE-FEES
March II, 1925.
Han. A. R. Campbell,
County Judge, Walton County,
DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter of March 10th I beg to say it
is my opinion that affixing seal constitutes a part of the pro­
cedure of issuing warrant and, therefore, it is not proper to
charge 40c for issuing warrant and 10c additional for affix­
ing seal thereto.
Yours very truly,
RIVERS BUFORD,
Attorney General.
JUDGES-NOT AUTHORIZED TO SUSPEND
SENTENCE
March 17, 1925.
Han. S. F. J. Trabue,
County Judge, Charlotte County,
Punta Gorda, Fla.
Dear Sir:
ReplyiHg to your letter of March 14th I beg to say it
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is my opinion when a sentence has been imposed by a Court
and the Court has adjourned· the Judge of that Court no
Jonger has any control over that sentence. A sentence can
not be commuted or changed except by action of the State
Board of Pardons.
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The Court may suspend a sentence,-that is, postpone
the sentencing of a prisoner, but when the sentence is once
passed and the Court has adjourned, that Court loses juris­
diction of the matter.
It is also true that the Judge during the term of Court.
has no authority to impose a sentence and then suspend any
part of it. During the term he may modify the sentence
thereby entirely nullifying it as first imposed and imposing
a new and different sentence, but he can not leave it so a
part of his sentence is operative and another part of it un­
operative.
Yours very truly,
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RIVERS BUFORD,
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LICENSE-TO WHOM ISSUED
May 28, 1925.
Hon. H. D. Garrijon,
County Judge Hardee County,
W"auchula, Fla.
Dear Sir:·
Replying to your letter of :May 23rd your first question
IS:
"Can license be issued to a partnership or is it neces­
sary that each individual member of the firm take out li­
cense?"
The answer to the above question depends upon what
kind of business the partnership is engaged in. For a mer­
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