Keith v. State

Millard Keith, 18 years of age, and Bonard Retherford, 20 years of age, were convicted of kidnaping with intent to hold for ransom and were sentenced to suffer-death therefor as provided by Chapter 16063, Acts' 1933, Laws of Florida, when the trial jury fails to recommend mercy,' as was the result below in this case. The statute under which the conviction was obtained was construed and upheld as constitutional in our recent decision in Finch v. State, 116 Fla. 437, 156 Sou. Rep. 489.

The evidence shows that the two plaintiffs in error, Millard Keith and Bonard Retherford, in company with a…