Hardy v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on a bill of exceptions by the defendants on the trial of an indictment for murder. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The appellants, George Hardy and Edward Norris, were indicted, together with one William Gant, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, for the murder of Peter H. Young on July 22, 1892. Trial was had June 15, 1893, resulting in the acquittal of Gant, and the finding of Hardy and Norris guilty of murder as charged. Motion for new trial was overruled and the death sentence pronounced against Hardy and Norris and ordered to be carried into execution, January 12, 1894, whereupon they prosecuted this appeal. On the argument reference was made to testimony claimed to have been introduced…
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