Williams v. State

Citations

• 48 Fla. 65

Syllabus

<p>1. Confessions freely and voluntarily made are admissible in evidence, even though made to an officer having the party under arrest.</p> <p>2. There is no error in refusing an instruction where the court has alreardy given the substance of the requested instruction in the general charge.</p> <p>3. Under an indictment charging the defendant with breaking and entering a building with intent to steal certain goods and chattels situated therein the defendant may be convicted upon proof of those facts even though no such goods and chattels were actually stolen. An instruction in such a case which requires the jury to find that goods and chattels were actually taken or stolen is properly refused.</p> <p>4. Evidence examined and found sufficient to support the verdict.</p>