Jones v. State

On the 24th day of July, 1917, the plaintiff in error was indicted in the .Circuit Court of Hamilton County for murder in the first degree. The indictment omitting formal parts is as follows :

“The Grand Jurors of the State of Florida, duly chosen, empanelled and sworn diligently to inquire and true presentment make in and for the body of the county of Hamilton, upon' their oath present that Frank Jones, late of said county, on the 19th day of May, A. D. 1917, in the county and State aforesaid, with force and arms, and with a deadly weapon, to-wit, a wooden stick or club about five feet long…