State ex rel. Davis v. Newman
Supreme Court of Florida
This is a case of original jurisdiction. This is'a proceeding by mandamus. The alternative writ alleges that the relator was indicted and tried at the fall term, 1887, of Suwannee county Circuit Court for an assault with the premeditated design to effect the death of one Randle Farnell; that the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and that a motion for a new trial made by him having been overruled and excepted to, and an order having been made allowing time for settling a…
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This is a case of original jurisdiction. This is'a proceeding by mandamus. The alternative writ alleges that the relator was indicted and tried at the fall term, 1887, of Suwannee county Circuit Court for an assault with the premeditated design to effect the death of one Randle Farnell; that the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and that a motion for a new trial made by him having been overruled and excepted to, and an order having been made allowing time for settling a bill of exceptions, judgment or sentence was passed upon him; that thereupon he filed an affidavit of insolvency setting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
The act of January 4th, 1848, (Chapter 138, Laws of Florida,) provided that any party convicted of crime or misdemeanor, not capital, should be entitled to a writ of error upon complying with the following terms: “He shall obtain from the clerk a duly certified copy of the record in the case and.present the same, with an assignment of the errors relied on, to the Supreme Court or to one of its Justices; and if such court or Justice, upon an inspection of the record, shall be of the opinion that there is just cause tor allowing a writ of error, he shall so endorse on such record; and thereupon…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gates v. HaynerSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
- State ex rel. Edwards v. County Commissioners of Sumter CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1886
- Savage v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
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- Wood v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
- Williams v. ErgleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
- DePaulis v. JUDGES OF DIST. COURT OF APPEALSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
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