Logston v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM OVERTON. Indictment in tbe Circuit Court of Fentress. Change of venue to Overton. Tried at June Term, 1871, S. M. Fite, J., presiding. The indictment was for the murder of Catharine Galloway. She was found, on the 20th day of November, 1868, lying dead, with mortal wounds on her body, in the house where she lived with her mother, Lucy Galloway, and two children.
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FROM OVERTON. Indictment in tbe Circuit Court of Fentress. Change of venue to Overton. Tried at June Term, 1871, S. M. Fite, J., presiding. The indictment was for the murder of Catharine Galloway. She was found, on the 20th day of November, 1868, lying dead, with mortal wounds on her body, in the house where she lived with her mother, Lucy Galloway, and two children. The bodies of these were found at the same time and place, all dead but the witness, James, who, .after the lapse of two days, during which time he lay in a state of insensibility, recovered. The indictment was for the murder of…
1Opinion of the CourtTurNEY, J.
The first reason assigned for a new trial, is, that a complete transcript of the record and proceedings of the Circuit Court of Fentress county, in which the indictment was preferred and found, and in which the crime of murder is alleged to have been committed, had not, at the time of trial, been transmitted to the Circuit Court of Overton county, to which the venue had been changed.
This objection is not well taken. The order of the court making the change of venue at the instance of the accused, together with the indictment, had been transmitted. The order of the Court in Fentress county…
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