Smith v. State

Citations

• 80 Fla. 710
• 86 So. 640
• 1920 Fla. LEXIS 553

Syllabus

<p>1. The name of the person alleged to have been killed in an information charging manslaughter is a material and essential allegation that must be proved before a conviction can be sustained upon such information.</p> <p>2. The deceased is referred to in the evidence as a “little girl,” and while it is probable that the “little girl” referred to as having been killed was the person alleged in the information to have been killed, an appellate court cannot, in the absence of any proof at all to that effect, infer that such was the case.</p>