Kirkland v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to Circuit Court, Jackson County; D. J. Jones, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The plaintiff in error, Doug Kirkland, was indicted for the murder of Mary Jane Sutton. Upon the trial he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard labor in the State Prison. Being dissatisfied with the judgment, he comes here upon writ of error.
Sometime in November, '1913, about seven or eight o’clock one night Doug- Kirkland went -to the Sutton home armed with a shotgun; he entered the house *586through the back entrance, advanced to the door of the room in which Mrs. Sutton was standing and.shot her. From the wounds inflicted Mrs. Sutton died the next…
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