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TARRANCE v. FLORIDA

No. 202.

188 U.S. 519 (1903)

TARRANCE v. FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Isaac L. Purcell for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. W.B. Lamar, attorney general of the State of Florida, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error were convicted in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, of the crime of murder and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. The Supreme Court of the State having affirmed this sentence, 30 So. Rep. 685, the case was brought here on writ of error.

The contention of plaintiffs in error is that they were denied the equal protection of the...

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