Mercer v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Jackson county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C. J.:
The plaintiffs in error were, on the 10th day of June, 1897, indicted jointly with one Westley Bush in the Circuit Court of Jackson county for wilfully driving an ox upon a railroad track. Severance was ordered as to the defendant Westley Bush, on the application of the plaintiffs in error, and they were jointly tried and con victed at the same term of the court and sentenced, each of them, to ten years in the penitentiary, and seek reversal here by writ of error.
Another indictment, signed by John H. Carter as acting State Attorney, against the same- parties, charging the same…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Burrell v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Mitchell v. MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Thalheim v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
- Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
- Lucas v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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3Cited by55 opinions
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