Moody v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MEMPHIS. This cause was submitted to a jury at the - Term, 1868, who returned a verdict against the defendant, of murder in the first degree. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, were made and overruled, and sentence of death passed upon the defendant; from which he has appealed to this Court. Special Judge Joseph E. Bigalow, presiding,
1Opinion of the CourtJames O. Si-iackeleoed, J.
The prisoner was jointly indicted with three other persons, at the June Term, 1868, of The Criminal Court of the City of Memphis, for the murder of Captain S. Perry, a policeman of that City. He was put upon his trial during the term, and by the jury convicted of murder in the first degree, without mitigating circumstances. A motion for a new trial was entered, which was overruled, and sentence of death pronounced against the prisoner; from which judgment an appeal was taken to this court. The questions arising on the record, have been presented with much ability. It is insisted, on behalf of…
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