Legal Opinion
Clifton v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided August 12, 1918PublishedCited by 23 opinions
Writ of Error to Circuit Court for Polk County; John S. Edwards, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The Plaintiff in Error, who will be referred to herein as the defendant, was convicted of the offense of obtaining money from the County of Polk under false pretenses, and comes here by writ of error.
The indictment, omitting many of the formal parts, is as follows:
“The Grand Jurors of the State of Florida, inquiring in and for the body of the County of Polk, upon their oaths present that William L. Clifton on the 6th day of July, A. D. 1917, in the County and State aforesaid, unlawfully, designedly and by a false pretense and with intent then and there to defraud the County of Polk in the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
- Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
- State v. . WhedbeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Middleton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Barber v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Board of Public Instruction v. KennedySupreme Court of Florida · 1933
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- Brooke v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- Streeter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
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