Legal Opinion
State v. Ladd
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1852PublishedCited by 4 opinions
The circuit court of Franklin county, at its March Term, 1852, Davidson, ¿fridge, presiding, having arrested the judgment in this case, Colyar, Attorney General, pro tern., in behalf of the State, appealed in error.
1Opinion of the CourtCaruthers, J.
At the March Term, 1852, of the Franklin circuit court, an indictment was found by the grand jury,1 against Amos Ladd,' for unlawful and malicious shooting. The charge in the indictment is in these words:
“ On the eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, with force and arms, in the county aforesaid, did, then and there, unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously, shoot one Andrew J. Gossage, of said county, to the great damage,” &c.
To this indictment the defendant pleaded “ not guilty,” and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to two years’ *227confinement in…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Campbell v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. OvertonTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- Jordan v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
- Joe Clark Mitchell v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2003