Kelly v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the circuit court of Jackson county of murder in the first degree without recommendation and a death sentence imposed. It is a case of circumstantial evidence. Plaintiff in error appears from the evidence in the record to have been a Cuban or possibly West Indian negro of mixed blood. He testified that he was born in Key West. It appears that his ability to speak English was very limited and imperfect. Two boys from the State Industrial School in Marianna, one from Key West and the other from Tampa, who testified that they were familiar with the Spanish or…