Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Marion county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHockrr, J.
At the Spring term , of the Circuit Court of Marion county, Florida, Willie Lillie Brown, 'the plaintiff in error, was indicted and tried for the murder of one Will Brown, was convicted of manslaughter, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years. From the judgment and sentence a writ of error was sued out from this court.
The assignments of error relied on here are: 1st. The court below admitted improper evidence against the plaintiff in error in this, that the witness Jeff Davis was allowed, over the objection of the plaintiff in error, to answer and give testimony in reply to…
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