Legal Opinion

Stuart v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1873PublishedCited by 13 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. ' Appeal from the Criminal Court. W. P. Hicker-son, Judge, by interchange.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

The prisoner appeals' from the judgment of the .Criminal Court of Davidson County, rendered upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of murder in the second degree, upon an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, Agnes Stuart. He was before this Court at a former term, upon a similar conviction; the judgment was reversed, and a new trial awarded for error in the Judge’s charge.

Various errors are now assigned:

First, it is argued that Judge Hickerson, of the Sixth Circuit, was not authorized by law to interchange with Judge Frazier, of the Criminal Court of Davidson County. It…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dove v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. CrawfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Clarence Phillips v. William S. Neil, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  3. Mullendore v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
  4. State v. CoolidgeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  5. Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972

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