Wooten v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from Criminal Court of Shelby County. L. P. Cooper, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
Cap Wooten was indicted and tried in the Criminal Court of Shelby County for the murder of G-ustave Blanz; was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were overruled, and he appealed in error.
Blanz and Wooten, respectively, were supporters of rival candidates for Constable, at a primary election held in the city of Memphis on the fifteenth day of June, 1896. Late in the afternoon of that day they met near the polling place, on Main Street, and had some short and angry words. Blanz was…
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