Andrews v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Escambia county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
I. The plaintiff in error was indicted at the spring term of the Circuit court for Escambia county, held in the present year, for the murder of one Peter Clare. On the 16th day of April the prisoner was arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and the State not being ready to go to trial the witnesses for the State and those for the defendant were discharged until the first day of May, on which day the State Attorney moved for a continuance of the case for the term, on the ground of the absence of a witness, E. C. Humphreys, Jr., claimed to be material to the prosecution. The motion is supported by…
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