Crane v. State

Citations

• 76 Fla. 236
• 79 So. 806

Syllabus

<p>1. A Trustee of County bonds is an employee in a County office within the meaning of Section 3317, General Statutes of 1905, Compiled Laws of 1914, defining embezzlement by State, County and Municipal officers and “any Deputy, Clerk or employee in any ¡átate, County or Municipal office.”</p> <p>2. Where an information charges that the defendant “an officer of the County,” to-wit: “A Trustee of County Bonds” did receive and embezzle, etc., the words “an officer of the County” ma.y be regarded as harmless surplusage.</p> <p>3. Alleged errors in giving or refusing charges or instructions, and the admission or rejection of testimony which do not weaken the effect of the admitted testimony, and which do not reach the legality of the trial itself will not be considered grounds for reversal where the evidence leaves no room for reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt.</p> <p>4. A judgment of conviction will not be reversed on writ oil error even if technical errors were committed in rulings on the admissibility of evidence or in charges given or refused or in other matters of procedure, where the evidence of guilt is clear and ample and no fundamental rights of the defendant were violated, and is appears from the whole record that such technical errors, if any, were not prejudicial to the defendant.</p>