Sylvester v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court in banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxweuu, J.
This case was argued before Division B but there being a difference of opinion among the members of that division was referred to the court for decision.
*169The plaintiff in error, William Slyvester, charged with the murder of one Edward Burton, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. From this judgment he comes by writ of error to this court.
I. Burton was the master mechanic in the shops of the Florida Central and Peninsular R. R. Co. in Fernandina, and Sylvester a mechanic employed in the shops. The day before Burton was killed a difficulty had occurred at the shops…
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