Bland v. State

This was an indictment, found at the September term, 1850, of the Greene Circuit Court, against Hiram Bland, for murder in the first degree. The person alleged to have been murdered was one William Walker. Plea, not guilty. The jury found the defendant guilty, as charged in the indictment, of murder in the first degree, and that he suffer death, &c.

The defendant moved for a new trial, but his motion was overruled. The Court then, at said September term, 1850, rendered judgment on the verdict. The judgment was to the following effect: That the defendant be taken to the place of execution on…