Oliver Ward v. State Florida

ELLIS, J. -- The plaintiff in error Oliver Ward, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted in 1916 by the gran jury of Lafayette county for the murder of Arthur Land which was alleged to have been commited on the 25th day of December, 1915. In November, 1917, the defendant was put upon trial for the offense charged and convicted of manslaughter. He seeks to reverse the judgment of conviction and comes here by writ of error.