State Ex Rel. Larkins v. Lewis

54 So.2d 199 (1951)

STATE ex rel. LARKINS

v.

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

September 21, 1951.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1951.

Dewey M. Johnson, Quincy, and Wilson L. Bailey, Blountstown, for relator.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and William A. O'Bryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

TERRELL, Acting Chief Justice.

Petitioner was indicted and placed on trial for murder in the first degree. The taking of testimony was completed and the case was submitted to the jury late June 27, 1951. About ten-thirty A.M. June 28th, no verdict having been reached but the…