Ross v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error from Fifth Circuit — Marion county. The grounds of appeal are set forth in the following assignment of errors: 1. The court erred in refusing to quash the indictment. 2. The court erred in refusing to charge the jury that before they could find the prisoner guilty, they must find from the evidence that defendant “ confined, or inveigled, or kidnapped the party charged with being falsely imprisoned, either with intent to cause such party to be secretly confined…
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Writ of error from Fifth Circuit — Marion county. The grounds of appeal are set forth in the following assignment of errors: 1. The court erred in refusing to quash the indictment. 2. The court erred in refusing to charge the jury that before they could find the prisoner guilty, they must find from the evidence that defendant “ confined, or inveigled, or kidnapped the party charged with being falsely imprisoned, either with intent to cause such party to be secretly confined or imprisoned in this State against his will, or to cause him to be sent out of this State against his will.” 3. The…
1Opinion of the CourtRandall, C. J.
Plaintiff in error was indicted for having, “ without lawful authority, forcibly imprisoned one' Thomas P. Gary against his will, and without any legal warrant, authority or reasonable or justifiable cause whatever, imprisoned and detained him so imprisoned for the space of five minutes.”
Upon the trial the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and the said William A. Ross was sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for one year.
Before trial the prisoner’s counsel moved to gnash the indictment on the ground that the offence stated in the indictment was a misdemeanor only under the act of…
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- Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
- Holroyd v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
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