Tyson v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the offense of having carnal intercourse with an unmarried female of previous chaste character under the age of eighteen years, in violation of Chapter 8596, Laws of. Florida, Acts of 1921, and brings error.

Counsel for the plaintiff in error contends that a new trial should have been granted because during the argument, before the jury the County Solicitor said: “This case is not as serious to the defendant as it is to the little girl, because by a single stroke of the pen the Governor could grand a pardon.” The court upon counsel’s objection…