McNish v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court Bn Banx. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Columbia county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Shackleford, J.-
-The plaintiffs in error, together with Will Polite, were jointly indicted at the fall term, 1902, of the Circuit Court for Columbia county for breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit a felony, and were jointly tried at the spring term, 1903, which trial resulted in the acquittal of the said Will Polite and the conviction of plaintiffs in error, who were sentenced to confinement in the State prison at hard labor for a period of two years. From this judgment and sentence plaintiffs in error seek relief here by writ of error.
The indictment was in the usual…
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