Vowell v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CROCKETT. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crockett County. —T. E. Harwood, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted in the circuit cotirt of Crockett county for the crime 'of burning his house to obtain the insurance, and is now *351serving a term in the State penitentiary. He appealed in error to this conrt, bnt, having filed no bill of exceptions, the execution of the judgment was not stayed, and he was transported to the penitentiary in obedience to chapter 102, Acts of 1901, to enter upon the period of his servitude pending the appeal.
When the case was called for argument here the attorney-general inquired whether the court would order the prisoner to be…
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