Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to Circuit Court for Bay County, D. J. Jones, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBrowne, C. J.
John C. Smith was convicted in the Circuit Court of Bay County on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and seeks reversal here on writ of error.
The indictment contained three counts, and after a motion to quash each of the courts was denied, the defendant moved to require the State to elect which count it would try him under, and the State elected to go to trial on the first count.
The first error assigned is based on the refusal of the court to grant the defendant’s motion to quash the indictment, the first and second grounds of which, are that the indictment is so vague,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
- State v. . PhiferSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1871
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- State v. . WhedbeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
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