Peeples v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for DeSoto county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted at a so-called “adjourned term” of the Circuit Court in and for DeSoto county of the crime of cattle stealing. The first question presented by the record for our consideration is that of the authority to hold the term of court at which the conviction was had.
At the regular spring term of the court on March 13th, A. D. 1903, the judge made the following order: “It being made to appear to the judge of this court that it is expedient to hold an adjourned term of said court, it is, therefore, ordered that an adjourned term of said court is…
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