Lamb v. State

John J. Lamb was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree at the Spring Term of the Circuit Court for Manatee County. He was convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to imprisonment by confinement in the State prison at hard labor for the term of his natural life. Motions to quash the indictment and for new trial were denied and writ of error taken to the judgment.

The first assignment of error challenges the denial of the motion to quash the indictment because the word “did” is omitted from the concluding paragraph thereof, and because of…