Bond v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Manatee county. The facts of the case, so far as necessary to a decision of the points raised by the assignment of errors, are as follows: Groodman Bond, the plaintiff in error, killed Joseph Stephens, at the residence of D. J. W. Boney, in Manatee county, in June, 1877. David Waldron, a witness, who was sitting on the banister, says Bond came out of the house with a gun under his left arm, and stopped on or about the top step and…
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Manatee county. The facts of the case, so far as necessary to a decision of the points raised by the assignment of errors, are as follows: Groodman Bond, the plaintiff in error, killed Joseph Stephens, at the residence of D. J. W. Boney, in Manatee county, in June, 1877. David Waldron, a witness, who was sitting on the banister, says Bond came out of the house with a gun under his left arm, and stopped on or about the top step and looked around as if looking for some one, and started down the steps shortly, and went out of the gate, and turned to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
The errors assigned in this case are based upon the refusal of the Circuit Judge to permit the plaintiff in error to prove by witnesses that Stephens, the deceased, had made threats against the former’s life, “ within three weeks,” and a “ short while,” or “ short time ” before the killing ; and a refusal to admit proof that Stephens bore the reputation of a violent, quarrelsome and dangerous man, in the community in which he lived.
Where previous threats have been made on the day, and near the time of the killing, they have been held admissible as parts of the res gestee, though not…
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