Hisler v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En 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 Court
Whitfield, J.:
The plaintiff brings writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court for Duval county convicting him and sentencing him to the State Penitentiary for life for the murder of Ely Simmons on August 11th, 1905.
A motion for a new trial having been overruled and an exception taken such ruling is assigned as error.
An exception was taken and error is assigned on the refusal of the court to give the following charge requested by the defendant: “That if you believe from the evidence that Sam Simmons and his son Eli went into the woods for the purpose of taking the life of the defendant,…
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- Spires v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
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