Colson v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Columbia County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtShackleford, C. J.
At the spring term, 1905, of the Circuit Court for Columbia county, the plaintiff in error, R. F. Colson (hereinafter referred to as the defendant), was indicted for murder in the first degree, was tried at the same term, convicted of murder in the second degree, and seeks relief here by writ of error returnable to the present term of this court.
The first error assigned is that “the court erred in sustaining the State’s demurrer to the defendant’s plea in abatement, filed April 27th, 1905, and in not allowing said plea, in and by its order of same date.”
The plea in abatement, omitting the…
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