Price Peck v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from the Criminal Court of Davidson County. G. S. Ridley, J.
1Opinion of the CourtFolkes, J.
Tire plaintiff iir error was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. He has appealed in error to this Court.
The first point urged for reversal necessary to be noticed involves the construction of a recent act of the Legislature not heretofore passed upon by this Court. It is entitled “An Act to permit parties defendant in criminal causes to testify in their own behalf.” Section one is as follows:
Be it enacted, etc., “ That in the trial of all indictments, presentments, and other criminal proceedings, in any of the courts of this State, the…
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