Clark v. State

Here on petition for certiorari- to the criminal court of Shelby county, the question presented has invoked most painstaking consideration, because both of its novelty, and the plausibility of the appeal made to the court’s sense of practical justice. Petitioner Clark, clerk off the city court of Memphis, was indicted and tried with three others, the city judge and two lawyers, on charges of embezzlement, larceny, etc. The trial-began in June and ran to the middle of August. After deliberating for thirty-six hours, the jury came into court, on the 15th day of August, 1935, and the following…