Craig v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Writ of error to the Criminal Court. The prisoner was tried before Jqhh R. FlippiN, J., at September Term, 1870. insisted that the Code, 4981, was unconstitutional, citing Simpson v. State, 4 Hum., 456; Code, 4977, 4697; Hex v. Prowes, 1 Moody Cr. C., 349; Armstrong v. The State, 1 Cold., 338; People y. Gardner, 2 John., 477; People v. Schenk, 2 John., 479; Co wen’s Cr.
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PROM SHELBY. Writ of error to the Criminal Court. The prisoner was tried before Jqhh R. FlippiN, J., at September Term, 1870. insisted that the Code, 4981, was unconstitutional, citing Simpson v. State, 4 Hum., 456; Code, 4977, 4697; Hex v. Prowes, 1 Moody Cr. C., 349; Armstrong v. The State, 1 Cold., 338; People y. Gardner, 2 John., 477; People v. Schenk, 2 John., 479; Co wen’s Cr. Dig., p. 632; Peg. v, Madge, 9 C. & R, 29. insisted that it was within the power of the Legislature to provide for the punishment of offenses committed on vessels engaged in navigating the waters of the State,…
1Opinion of the CourtNelsoN, J.
The prosecutor stated, among other things, in his evidence upon the trial of defendant in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, that he and defendant were deck passengers on the steamboat G. W. Cheek, bound for her home port at Memphis; that the boat laid up for repairs, on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi river, about two or three miles below the Tennessee State line; that he and defendant laid down together at night, on the deck of the boat, with their clothes on; that before lying down, witness examined the pocket-book containing the money mentioned in the indictment'; that he fell…
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