Chandler v. State

Citations

• 25 Fla. 728

Syllabus

<p>Under the statute all offenses not punishable with death must be prosecuted within two'years next aftér the same' shall'have been committed ; and under this statute the indictment,'for an offense not punishable with death, m'ust charge that the offence was committed on some day within two yeai s next before the finding of the indictment; but when the indictment charges an offense to have been committed oh a particular day, the’ day is entirely immaterial, and tile offense may be proved to have been committed on any day not so remote that the statute of limitations would bar the prosecution.</p>