Ammons v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was argued at Marianna and decided at Tallahassee. The following statement of the case was prepared by the Judge who delivered the opinion of the Court: John Ammons, the appellant, was indicted at the Fall Term, 1858, of the Circuit Court of Holmes county, for the murder of one Samuel McQuage.
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This case was argued at Marianna and decided at Tallahassee. The following statement of the case was prepared by the Judge who delivered the opinion of the Court: John Ammons, the appellant, was indicted at the Fall Term, 1858, of the Circuit Court of Holmes county, for the murder of one Samuel McQuage. The record sets .forth that on the 3d November, 1858, the Grand Jury of Holmes county came into Court and presented the hill of indictment, a copy of which is given in the record, and upon inspection of the original indictment presented by prisoner’s counsel in argument, it appears to have…
1Opinion of the CourtForward, J.
There are fifteen errors assigned in this cause; of these the first ten involve the same question, and will be considered together. They are as follows, viz:
First. The record of the Court in Calhoun Circuit Cou.rt was not such as judgment and sentence could be entered up against prisoner.
Secondly. Because the record did not show a perfect transcript of the proceedings in this case in Ilolmes and Jackson counties.
Thirdly. The record from Holmes county did not embody a copy of the indictment against the defendant.
Fourthly. The orders changing the venue from Holmes to Jackson and from Jackson to…
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