Legal Opinion
Greenwood v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1873PublishedCited by 4 opinions
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Criminal Court. Jno. R. Flip-pin, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtFreeman, J.
Greenwood and others were indicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby county for keeping a gaming house. The matter of defense set up by the defendant was a former conviction, which was presented in the form of an agreement between the Attorney General and the defendant, and is as follows:
1. That if defendant kept a gaming house, it was within the corporate limits of the city.
2. That the said defendant has been regularly *568fined and punished by the lawful municipal authorities, or court for the said city, for the said offense of keeping a gaming house mentioned in said indictment.
The parties add…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- Twitchell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Mayor v. AllaireSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
3Cited by4 opinions
- Miles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- Mullins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Robinson v. HendersonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Robinson v. NeilDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1971