Mason v. State

Mb. Justice. Cook

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error was charged by indictment returned by the grand jury February 7, 1934, with the murder of John Turner. The cause was continued upon motion of defendant until the June term and set for trial the second Wednesday of June. No further proceedings are shown by the record until October 17, a day within the June term, when, upon motion of the Attorney-General, the court allowed the cause to he retired from the docket; a procedure which by delay might bar further prosecution. Smith v. State, 168 Tenn., 265, 77 S. W. (2d), 450;…