Scott v. State

Johnson, Circuit Judge.

At the Fall Term of the Circuit Court in and for Gulf County, Florida, 1930, the plaintiff in error, Jim Scott, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, charging Jim Scott with having murdered one C. L. Land on the 15th day of July, 1930. The record in this ease discloses:

That the Court convened on Monday, September the 8th; that on the afternoon of Tuesday, September the 9th, the grand jury presented in open court the indictment against the defendant. That on Wednesday forenoon, September 10th, the defendant was brought into open court and arraigned,…