Creeping Bear v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Criminal Court of Shelby County.— John T. Moss, Judge. * •
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields
Creeping Bear, a young Sioux Indian, left inMemphis by a Wild West show, struck G. H.' Millard with a tomahawk, which he carried under his blanket, while, as he claims, the latter was insulting, badgering, and assaulting him, upon the streets of the city, from the effects of which, after lingering some two weeks, Millard died. .
Plaintiff in error was tried upon an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree, convicted and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for fifteen years, which judgment, upon appeal, was reversed by this court, and the case remanded for a new trial.…
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