Hicks 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 of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mitchell, J.:
William Hicks, the plaintiff’ in error, was tried at the Spring Term of the Circuit Court of Escambia county, 1S8S, for the murder of Joseph McMillan, and was convicted of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court by the jury.
A motion for new trial was made, but the 'motion was overruled, and the court sentenced the defendant to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for the term of his natural life, and the case is before this court upou writ of error from the order of the court overruling such motion.
The errors assigned are:
1. That the verdict…
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