Carter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Orange county. Chapter 8481, Laws of Florida, is as follows: Section 1. That in all civil cases in the Circuit Courts of this State, either party, plaintiff or defendant, may at any time after the jury retires, and before verdict rendered, except to any portion of the charge delivered by the Judge, and the said Judge before whom such cause is being tried may, if he deem such exception well taken, recall the jury and make any alteration…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Orange county. Chapter 8481, Laws of Florida, is as follows: Section 1. That in all civil cases in the Circuit Courts of this State, either party, plaintiff or defendant, may at any time after the jury retires, and before verdict rendered, except to any portion of the charge delivered by the Judge, and the said Judge before whom such cause is being tried may, if he deem such exception well taken, recall the jury and make any alteration or addition of or to such charge as may he deemed necessary and proper. Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for either party in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice YanYalkenburgh
In the month of August,. 1882, Silas B. Carter was indicted for the murder, in the county of Orange, of one *756John W. Griffin. In May, 1883, the defendant having plead not guilty, was tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree. A motion for a new trial was made by defendant’s attorneys, who assigned the. following reasons :
1st. That the verdict was contrary to the evidence.
2d. That the verdict was contrary to the charge.of the court.
3d. That the jury erred in their conclusion drawn from the evidence.
4th. That the evidence is not sufficient to authorize the verdict rendered.
5th. That…
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