Ellick v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Ellick, a slave, was convicted at the May term, 1851, of the circuit court for Maury county, Dillaiiuntv, Judge, presiding, of the crime of rape upon the person of Sarah E. Tidwell, a free white woman. In pursuance of his conviction, judgment of death was pronounced against him, and he appealed in error. The opinion presents so much of the matters considered by the court as is material to be noticed.
1Opinion of the CourtTotten, J.
Ellick, a slave, was indicted in the circuit court of Giles, for an assault, with intent to commit a rape upon the person of Sarah E. Tidwell, a free white woman, and at December term, 1849, of said court, he was tried and convicted of said offence, a capital felony, by the act 1835, ch. 19, § 10.
He appealed to the supreme court, where, for errors apparent in the record, the said conviction and judgment thereon, were reversed, and the prisoner was remanded to the county of Giles for a new trial. At August term, 1850, of the circuit court of Giles, the venue was changed to the county of Maury;…
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