Bowles v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM TIPTON. The prisoner was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Tipton, at the January Term, 1858, upon which Judge Humphreys pronounced judgment against bim. He appealed in error. The errors assigned are fully stated in tbe opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKiNNEY, J.
The prisoner was indicted for murder in the Criminal Court at Memphis, at the February term, 1856. At the following June term, on the application of the prisoner, the venue was regularly changed by order of the Court, as seems from the record, to the county of Fayette; and a transcript of the record and proceedings was ordered to be certified to said Court. For some cause, of which the transcript before us leaves us in utter ignorance, the order for the change of venue was not executed; and the next step in the case, according to the record, was at the October term, 1856, of said Criminal…
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