Chism v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for St. Johns County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion oi the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted for the crime of rape, and the death sentence was imposed by the court. A writ of error has been sued out by the accused and several assignments of error filed questioning the correctness of the court’s ruling in giving and refusing instructions, and also the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict.
The testimony for the defence tended to show that *233the accused was under the age of fourteen years at the time the offence is alleged and claimed by the State to have been committed. This testimony came from those who spoke from…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Foster v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
- Heilman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
- McKinny v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
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