Green v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM MADISON. Appeal from Criminal Court of Madison County. John M. Taylor, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlistee, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Criminal Court of Madison County of the murder of one Miles Mitchell, and, from the sentence of death pronounced upon him, has appealed to this Court.
The crime was committed in the County of Har-deman, but, on account of the popular excitement prevailing there, the venue was changed to Madison County, with the result already announced.
The crime was one of peculiar atrocity, and, if the guilt of the prisoner has been established and his conviction secured in the manner prescribed by law, the judgment pronounced against him should be executed. The…
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