Sumpter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court. This case was decided at Tallahassee. A statement of the case is contained in the opinion of the Court. Calba Sumpter, the appellant, and one Hector Thorn, on or about the 1st of November, 1866, were arrested under warrants issued by Justices of the Peace in and for said State and County, upon the charge of administering poison.
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Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court. This case was decided at Tallahassee. A statement of the case is contained in the opinion of the Court. Calba Sumpter, the appellant, and one Hector Thorn, on or about the 1st of November, 1866, were arrested under warrants issued by Justices of the Peace in and for said State and County, upon the charge of administering poison. Upon this charge they were committed to jail, to await their trial before the Suwannee Circuit Court, at the Fall Term, A. D. 1866. At the said term of said court, Hector Thorn was released by the State, for the purpose of becoming…
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is an application for a writ of error to the judgement of the Circuit Court of Columbia county.
The plaintiff in error, Calba Sumpter, was indicted and tried at the Fall Term of the Circuit Court for the County *252of Columbia, Suwannee Circuit, on the charge of administering poison to Cyrus McLemore and his family, consisting of several persons.
The bill of exceptions shows, that on the trial the Solicitor for the State, to prove the guilt of the prisoner, offered the testimony of Ileetor Thorn, an accomplice in the offeree charge, but against whom no bill of indictment had been found. The…
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