Howell v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Dade County; H. Pierre Branning, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBrowne, C. J.
— Grace V. Howell was on the 14th of May, 1918, indicted in Dade County for the murder of her husband on March 29th. Motions to quash the indictment, for change of venue and for continuance were over*121ruled. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy, and seeks re versal here on writ of error.
The first error assigned is based on the ruling of the court denying the defendant’s motion to quash the indictment. This motion contained seven grounds, but the only ones discussed by the plaintiff in error are that “the indictment fails to charge any…
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