State v. Brown

Henry Brown, having been regularly indicted, was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, on September 8, 1875. He was sentenced to be hanged October 22, 1875, and-was actually executed on that day.

At his trial a bill of exceptions was signed by the judge of the Criminal Court. It is to be inferred either that no attempt was made to obtain an order suspending the execution of the sentence, or that the court to which any application for that purpose was made was of opinion that there was *450nothing meritorious in the prayer. On this head the record is silent.

When the cause was called in…