Holton v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
At a Circuit Court, held in and for the county of Jefferson, Middle Circuit of Florida, on the 29th day of November, 1848, the Grand Jury came into court, and presented the following bill of indictment viz: “ The jurors of the State of Florida, in and for the body of the county of Jefferson, upon their oath present — That Thomas J. Hol-ton, late of the county of Jefferson aforesaid, in the circuit and State aforesaid, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but…
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At a Circuit Court, held in and for the county of Jefferson, Middle Circuit of Florida, on the 29th day of November, 1848, the Grand Jury came into court, and presented the following bill of indictment viz: “ The jurors of the State of Florida, in and for the body of the county of Jefferson, upon their oath present — That Thomas J. Hol-ton, late of the county of Jefferson aforesaid, in the circuit and State aforesaid, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on the first day of August, in the year of our Lord one…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Chief Justice Douglas :
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County.
The record commences with a caption in the following words, to wit: “ Pleas at the Court House in the town of Monticello, Jefferson County, in the State of Florida, on the first day of December, *496in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, before the Circuit Court of law of the county aforesaid.”
And after setting out an affidavit said to have been made before a justice of the peace, the issuing of a writ by the same justice, and a mittimus to the sheriff…
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