SPANISH v. STATE


45 So.2d 753 (1950)

SPANISH v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.L. Holland, Jr., Bartow, and Thacker & Thacker, Kissimmee, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General, and Reeves Bowen, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


CHAPMAN, Acting Chief Justice.

The record in this case discloses that Florence Williams, a colored woman, weighing around 130 to 140 pounds, about sixty years of age and residing in Davenport, Polk County, Florida, was reported missing Sunday, February 13, 1949. On February 21st thereafter her body was found in a decomposed condition in a palmetto thicket, a short distance from the Negro Quarters of Davenport and near the railroad track. Holes were found in her neck...

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