Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1891PublishedCited by 93 opinions

Writ, of Error to the Circuit Court for Columbia county. Tile facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mabry, J.:

William Adams, the plaintiff in Error, Ike Spanish and T. P. Bethea, were jointly indicted on the 26th day of February, A. D. 1891, at a term of the Circuit Court for Columbia county, Florida, for the murder of James Moore. Adams was indicted as principal in the *515first degree, Spanish as principal in the second degree, and Bethea as accessory before the fact.

It is charged in the indictment (the formal parts omitted) “ that William Adams, Ike Spanish and T. P. Bethea, late of said county, laborers, on the 19th day of January, A. D. 1891, at and in the county, circuit and State…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Ruloff v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  3. Savage v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
  4. Blair v. Inhabitants of PelhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  5. Gladden v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1868

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3Cited by93 opinions

  1. Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  3. Thalheim v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
  4. North v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  5. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1903

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