Caesar v. State

Citations

• 50 Fla. 1

Syllabus

<p>1. The decisions of this Court, as to the constitutionality of the title of Chapter 4930, Laws of 1901, and as to section 8 of said Chapter, providing a form of indictment, made in Brass v. State, 45 Fla, 1, 34 South. Rep. 307, and Crabb v. State, 47 Fla. 24, 36 South. Rep. 169, are followed and applied.</p> <p>2. Applying the provisions of section 2893, Revised Statutes of 1892, where the omission of the word “did” before the word “engage” in an indictment, is plainly a mere clerical misprision, and where the meaning is perfectly clear from the context, and it appears that the defendant was not mislead or embarrassed in making his defense, and will not be exposed to substantial danger of a new prosecution for the same offense, this court will not reverse a judgment of conviction because of such omission.</p>