Warrock v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided at Jacksonville. The Grand Jury brought into Court and presented a bill of indictment against the said Warrock, endorsed on the back thereof, “Assault with intent to kill — a true bill. ” In the body of the indictment there were two counts, one of which reads as follows, viz : “ That Ludowick Warrock, late of the county of Duval, laborer, on the twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, with force and…
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This case was decided at Jacksonville. The Grand Jury brought into Court and presented a bill of indictment against the said Warrock, endorsed on the back thereof, “Assault with intent to kill — a true bill. ” In the body of the indictment there were two counts, one of which reads as follows, viz : “ That Ludowick Warrock, late of the county of Duval, laborer, on the twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, with force and arms, at the county aforesaid, in and upon one George C. Acosta, in the peace of God and the State of Florida, then and…
1Opinion of the CourtForward, J.
The indictment in this case is founded upon a statute which enacts that “ any person, convicted of false im/pris* onment, mayhem, assault and battery, or an assault %oith intent to hill, shall be punished by a fine not &ceedi/ng *406one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the jury ; and any person convicted of a bare assault, shall be punished by afine not exceeding one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the jury"
The first question presented in considering whether the conviction was right or wrong, involves the inquiry for what was the defendant in…
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