Pinson v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Madison county. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Plaintiff in error and Maggie Johnson were indicted at the .Fall Term, A. D. 1890, of the Circuit Court for Madison county, for lewd and lascivious association and cohabitation, and at the Spring Term, A. I). 1891, after arraignment and plea, were convicted of the offense charged in the indictment.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Madison county. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Plaintiff in error and Maggie Johnson were indicted at the .Fall Term, A. D. 1890, of the Circuit Court for Madison county, for lewd and lascivious association and cohabitation, and at the Spring Term, A. I). 1891, after arraignment and plea, were convicted of the offense charged in the indictment. The testimony, as certified to us by the bill of exceptions, was as follows : Randall Johnson, a witness for the State, testified : 1 know John Pinson and Maggie Johnson (the witness points them out); they are not now,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
The first assignment of error, that the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial, involves all the questions presented for our review. "We will first consider the exceptions to the charges of the court.
The second assignment of error relates to a portion of the first charge given to the jury. After reciting *747the statute under which defendants were indicted, the Judge proceeded to charge the jury, as shown by the bill of exceptions, that “this offense, like offenses of a kindred character, and particularly offenses that, carried on or perpetrated, are perpetrated in…
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