Benton v. State of Florida

The plaintiff in error hereinafter referred to as the defendant, by writ of error seeks a review of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Charlotte County convicting and sentencing him for the crime of larceny of an animal.

The first assignment of error relates to the denial of the motion of the defendant to strike all of the testimony of the witness Harney Carlton relative to the ownership of a particular cow and yearling of Lykes Brothers Incorporated. The evidence of the witness Harney Carlton showed that the cow was marked and branded in the mark and brand, shown by other witnesses to be the…