Legal Opinion

Sutton v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 1, 1867PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Suwannee Circuit Court. This case was decided at Tallahassee. A statement oí the case is contained in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Suwannee county.

The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for carrying arms secretly, and fined twenty-five dollars.

The witness, Joseph Stewart, testified on the trial of the case that he met the defendant on the road from Iloustoun; passed close by him ; saw the butt of a pistol sticking out of his pants ; sometimes his coat covered the pistol, at other *136times not; saw- the defendant on another occasion with the same pistol in his hand; knew” it to be the same; the de* fendant did not put it under his clothes but laid it on the table, &c.

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2Cited by7 opinions

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