Bryan v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Lafayette county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice VanValkenburgh
On the second day of December, A. D. 1881, the grand jury of Lafayette county indicted William Bryan for murder in the first degree. The prisoner was tried at the May term of the court held in said county, was convicted as charged and sentenced to death. A motion for a new trial was duly made and denied. The case is here by virtue of a writ of error, and the errors assigned, three in number, are as follows:
1. The court erred in refusing to charge the jury as re* quested by counsel as follows: “ If it is alleged in the indictment that a certain wound caused the death, and the proof shows that…
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