Donald v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to the Circuit Court for G-adsdeu county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J.:
The plaintiff in error was indicted on April 16th, 1892r at the Sx>ring term °f Cradsden Circuit Court, for murder in the first degree, for killing W. P. Bussey, and on being arraigned on the twenty-second day of the same month, he x’leaded in abatement of the indictment that it “was found .upon the assent of only eight grand jurors, and that only eight grand jurors concurred in the finding of said indictment.” To this plea the State demurred on the ground that eight grand jurors were sufficient under its law's to find an indictment, and the defendant joined in the demurrer, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Spraigue v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ex-Parte WellsSupreme Court of Florida · 1885
- Campau v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
- Burroughs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
- State v. . BarkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- State ex rel. Lamar v. DillonSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
- Wiggins & Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
- Colson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
- Buckman v. State ex rel. SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
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