Heffron v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
These cases were decided at Tallahassee. Two indictments were found against the appellant for selling icgior L- a negro, upon which she was convicted at the fall teun, 1857, of the Circuit Court for Franklin county.
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These cases were decided at Tallahassee. Two indictments were found against the appellant for selling icgior L- a negro, upon which she was convicted at the fall teun, 1857, of the Circuit Court for Franklin county. The defendant, having upon the trial offered no evidence, claimed the conclusion of the argument before the jury, under the act of the General Assembly, approved January 3d, 1853, which enacts, “that from and after the passage of this act, in all cases wherein the defendant upon his trial introduces no testimony, he shall, by himself or counsel, be entitled to- the concluding…
1Opinion of the CourtDuPONT, J.
The appellant was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Franklin county, upon two indictments, for selling spirituous liquor to a negro. The appeal was, by consent of counsel, transferred from Marianna to Tallahassee, and has been argued at this term of the court. In the-one case, the only error assigned is the refusal of the Judge who presided at the trial to permit the counsel for the prisoner to conclude the argument before the jury. In the other case, the same error is assigned, with several others, which it becomes unnecessary to consider, inasmuch as the views which we entertain…
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