Carter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
"Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Orange county. Mr. Justice Eaney did not sit in this case. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the court:
Enoch Carter was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Orange county for the murder of L. D. Beasly. It appears from the evidence that the deceased was a policeman in the city of Orlando, and that at the time of his death he was acting as such ; that in pursuance of an ordinance of said city, which prohibited all persons from standing on or obstructing the sidewalks of the city, he ordered the prisoner who was standing thereon to move on or get off of the walk. The prisoner refused and the deceased struck or punched him with his…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Savage v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
- Gladden v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1868
3Cited by21 opinions
- Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
- Forehand v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Higginbotham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1900
- Morrison v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1900
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