Lock v. State of Florida

In this case the plaintiff in error, together with three others, was indicted for murder in the first degree, 'the plaintiff in error being indicted as the principal in the first degree and the other three being in-dieted as principals in the second degree. The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation for mercy and his three co-defendants were acquitted. When the case came on for trial the State moved for continuance upon the ground that a material witness was absent and that if such witness were present he would testify, as follows:

“That on the 26th…