Alfred v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
The prisoners, two slaves, were indicted and convicted of tbe murder of tlieir master, at tbe February Term, 1853, of tbe circuit court of "Weakley county, Fitzgerald, Judge, presiding. From tbe sentence of death pronounced upon them, they appealed in error.
1Opinion of the Court
Carutiiers, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
At tbe February term, 1852, of tbe circuit court of Weakley county, Alfred and Anthony were indicted for tbe morder of their master, John Peck. The case was *582continued by defendants, at February and June terms, and in October there was no court. They were tried and convicted at February term, 1853; motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and appeal in error to this court.
The errors relied upon for a reversal, are said to exist in the judgments of the court, as to the competency of jurymen, and the admissibility of evidence on the trial.…
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