Cox v. State
| Decision Date | 26 January 1925 |
| Parties | COX v. STATE. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Rehearing Denied Feb. 28, 1925.
Error to Circuit Court, De Soto County; George W. Whitehurst, Judge.
George Cox was convicted of burning an insured building with intent to injure the insurer, and he brings error.
Affirmed.
See, also, 87 Fla. 79, 99 So. 126.
Syllabus by the Court
The judgment in this case is affirmed upon authority of Bryant v. State, 103 So. 170, opinion in which was filed January 24, 1925.
W. D. Bell, of Arcadia, for plaintiff in error.
Rivers Buford, Atty. Gen., and Marvin C. McIntosh, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
The defendant, plaintiff in error in this court, was indicted, charged with burning a building insured against loss or damage by fire, with intent to injure the insurer, the offense denounced by section 5111, Revised General Statutes. Upon a trial he was convicted. Writ of error was taken from this court to review the judgment.
The case grew out of the same transaction, the evidence is practically the same, and in all material respects the questions are the same as presented in the companion case of Bryant v. State, 103 So. 170, opinion in which is this day filed.
Upon authority of Bryant v. State, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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