Clay v. State

The plaintiffs in error, Willie B. Clay, Nathaniel Walker and Edward Powell, were indicted by a grand jury of Duval County, Florida, on October 18, 1938, for the murder of Mary Louise Curtis in Duval County, Florida, on August 7, 1938. On November 8, 1938, plaintiffs in error were by the lower court adjudged insolvent and Attorney Harry Silver, of the Duval County Bar, was by the lower court appointed to represent the defendants when tried in the lower court. These defendants were arraigned and each entered a plea of not guilty to each count of the said indictment.

The plaintiffs in error,…