Sible v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Criminal Court, before JOHN Hugh Smith, J., January Term, 1870. cited: 1 Starkie Ev., 510; Kirby v. State, 3 Hum., 289; Hensley v. State, 9 Hum., 243. cited Wright v: State, 9 Yer., 344, 345; Rhea v. State, 10 Yer., 260, and 1 Green!. Ev., 280, § 233. He distinguished this case from Hensley’s case, because there the admissions held to be evidence were made before the offense was committed, and cited, 1 Greenl.
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FROM DAVIDSON. Criminal Court, before JOHN Hugh Smith, J., January Term, 1870. cited: 1 Starkie Ev., 510; Kirby v. State, 3 Hum., 289; Hensley v. State, 9 Hum., 243. cited Wright v: State, 9 Yer., 344, 345; Rhea v. State, 10 Yer., 260, and 1 Green!. Ev., 280, § 233. He distinguished this case from Hensley’s case, because there the admissions held to be evidence were made before the offense was committed, and cited, 1 Greenl. Ev., § 181, showing a similar distinction as to bankrupts. As to the want of a venire, he cited the Code, 5242.
1Opinion of the CourtDeaderick, J.
The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted in the Criminal Court of Davidson county, with one Henry Edwards, for stealing a cow.
At the January Term, 1870, upon his application, he was tried for the offense separately, and convicted, and sentenced to three years’ confinement in the Penitentiary. A new trial was refused, and the defendant below appealed in error to this Court. The question made before us arises upon a bill of exceptions taken to the action of the court during the progress of the trial, in refusing to admit certain proof proposed to be made by defendant. Defendant introduced a…
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