Davis v. State

I am unable to concur in the judgment and opinion of the court. The evidence relied upon by the State for the conviction of the defendants was entirely circumstantial. On the 7th day of October, 1914, the body of a negro named Eunie Johnson was found in a branch about four miles south from where he lived, and about one and a half miles north of the town of Blountstown. There were several mortal wounds, some gunshot and some knife wounds upon the body. He had been dead several hours when found. The body appeared to have been mutilated by the amputation of one finger and the upper part of an…