BROOKS v. STATE


117 So.2d 482 (1960)

James E. BROOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Evans, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

Shortly before 3:00 o'clock on the afternoon of the 2nd of May, 1958, the body of Helen Louise Baier, an employee of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Palm Beach, Florida, was discovered adjacent to the women's toilet in the rear of the Western Union office. An examination of the body established that death had been caused by several blows on the head with a heavy object. There was a pool of blood in the bathroom and in the vicinity of the deceased...

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