Case Name: John Ellison and Wiley Ellison v. State
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1934-07-17
Citations: 115 Fla. 789
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Ellison and Wiley Ellison v. State.
Judges: Whitfield, P. J., and Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 789–790

Head Matter:
John Ellison and Wiley Ellison v. State.
156 So. 123.
Division B.
Opinion Filed July 17, 1934.
W. P. Chavous, for Plaintiff in Error;
Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for the State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Plaintiffs in error were indicted, tried and convicted of the offense of the larceny of one bull, the property of one W. J. Winburn.
The evidence as to the identity and ownership of the animal killed, butchered and sold by the plaintiffs in error is entirely unsatisfactory and unconvincing. It does not measure up to that degree of proof which is' required to establish guilt. At best, it could only be sufficient to create suspicion that the plaintiffs in error were guilty of the offense charged.
• The judgment should, therefore, be reversed and a new trial awarded. It is so ordered.
Reversed.
Whitfield, P. J., and Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
Davis, C. J., and Terrell, J., concur in the opinion and judgment.