Butler v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Whitley Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The judgment of the court below, rendered *374June 14th, 1884, placed the appellant under sentence of death for murder in the first degree, fixing October 10th, 1884, as the time for his execution. He appealed from the judgment, but did not, until October 6th, 1884, file in this court a transcript of the record. He has presented a 'motion here for a suspension of the execution of the sentence, and the important question now to be decided is whether this court has power to grant his request.
Section 1888, R. S. 1881, provides that “An appeal to the Supreme Court from a judgment of conviction does…
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