Bellamy v. State

Citations

• 56 Fla. 43

Syllabus

<p>1. Where there is no hint of another cause of death, an appellate court will not reverse for lack of proof on this point where it is proven that the person shot, suffered great agony and died two days thereafter, and a non-expert witness testified to the location of the wound and that the bullet went through the body.</p> <p>2. To require a critical examination of a court’s charge, it should be excepted to.</p> <p>3. A trial court exercises a judicial discretion in refusing to receive testimony, after the evidence is closed.</p> <p>4. During the progress of the trial, the defense asked that ■one Ananias Godwin be sworn and put under the rule, whereupon the judge smiled; 'Godwin was not made a witness nor does it appear what it was expected to prove by him. Held, no error.</p> <p>5. The evidence supported the verdict.</p>