Thompson v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from Criminal Court of Shelby-County. L. P. CoopeR, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell., J.
Prank Thompson and E. D.. Thompson are under conviction for a joint attempt to dispose of and sell for profit and gain to themselves the dead body of Jennie McGuire, a pauper, which was intrusted to them for burial;, and the punishment assessed against each of them is a , fine of $750 and imprisonment in the-county workhouse for the period of eleven months- and twenty-nine days.
Having appealed in error, they seek a reversal for numerous reasons, assigned by their counsel. It is said, in the first place, that the indict-*179nient charges three separate offenses in one count —(1) failure to bury;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Atkins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
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