Taylor v. State

ADAMS, J.:

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to death upon an indictment reading:

“In the Name and By Authority of the State of Florida:

“In the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, in and for the County of Hillsborough, at the Spring Term thereof, A. D. 1944, Hillsborough County, Florida, to-wit:

“The grand jurors of the State of Florida, empaneled and sworn to inquire and true presentation make, in and for the body of the County of Hillsborough, upon their oaths do present that Simon Peter Taylor, on the 2nd day of September, A. D, 1944, in the…