Kent v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Jackson county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court for Jackson county charged with murder and takes a writ of error to a judgment and sentence convicting him of manslaughter.
From the transcript it appears that Jim Kent, the plaintiff in error, about 16 years of age, shot and killed Tom Creamer, about 13 years of age. Kent claims the shooting was an accident. He testified: “My father sent me to hunt the calf. I took the gun because papa told me. Tom Creamer went-with me. We stopped at the place where he was killed, I suppose ten or fifteen minutes, we were playing oh the…
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