Whetston v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Wakulla county. STATEMENT. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Circnit Court for Wakulla county for burning, in the night time, a certain outbuilding described as a cotton house, belonging to Ed. Whaley,, and upon an arraignment and trial at the Fall term, 1892, of that court was convicted of the offense charged against him.
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Wakulla county. STATEMENT. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Circnit Court for Wakulla county for burning, in the night time, a certain outbuilding described as a cotton house, belonging to Ed. Whaley,, and upon an arraignment and trial at the Fall term, 1892, of that court was convicted of the offense charged against him. A motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence was overruled by the court, and the accused was sentenced to hard labor in the State prison for twelve months. The only question to…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabky, J.:
The State relies entirely upon circumstantial evidence to connect the accused with the burning of the cotton house. That this character of evidence may establish guilt is beyond question, and our own court *248lias approved the statement that “a well connected train of circumstances is as conclusive of the existence of a fact as is the greatest array Of positive evidence.” Whitfield vs. State, 25 Fla., 289, 5 South. Rep., 805. The value of this kind of evidence consists in the conclusive nature and tendency of the circumstances relied upon to establish any controverted fact. They must…
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