Johnston v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Orange county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Malone, Circuit Judge :
At the Fall term, 1890, of the Circuit Court for Orange county, in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, Thomas A. Johnston, the plaintiff in error, was tried upon an indictment charging him with the murder of one William Lee, and found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, by a petit jury. He then moved the court for a new trial; but the court denied this motion and sentenced him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the period of five years.
*560Thereupon he removed said suit by writ of error to this court for review, and assigned the following errors, viz:
1. That the…
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