Mathis v. State

On the 29th day of April, 1938, plaintiff in error was^ convicted in the Circuit Court of Okaloosa County, Florida, for the criminal offense of receiving stolen goods, knowing the same to have been stolen, and was by the trial court sentenced to the State Penitentiary at hard labor for a period of three years. The record shows that the plaintiff in error did not have counsel when being tried and upon arraignment entered) a plea of not guilty; a jury was obtained and the evidence submitted, with appropriate instructions from the court upon the law of the case.

It is contended by counsel for…