Hancock v. State

The plaintiffs i'n error were tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Columbia County, upon a charge of grand larceny.

The indictment upon which they were tried contains two counts, one count charging them with the offense of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, the other with grand larceny.

Omitting formal parts, the indictment is as follows:

“The Grand Jurors of the State of Florida duly chosen, empannelled and sworn diligently to inquire and true presentment make in and for the body of the County of Columbia, upon their oath present that Clyde Sealy, Perry Hancock and…