Hughes v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Writ of error to thS Circuit Court for Citrus County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhill, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court for Citrus county of engaging in the business of a dealer in liquors in a county that had voted against the sale of liquor, and comes here by writ of error.
The first error assigned is the denial of the motion for a new trial. The grounds of this motion will be considered with other assignments.
The court was not in error in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty. A defendant is not entitled as of right to an instruction to the jury to render a verdict of not guilty. Leaptrot v. State, 51 Fla., 57, 40 South. Rep., 616. While the…
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