Moore v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This was a writ of error upon the conviction of the plaintiff in error for the murder of Charles Palmer, on July 25, 1889, in Blue County, Indian Territory.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This was a writ of error upon the conviction of the plaintiff in error for the murder of Charles Palmer, on July 25, 1889, in Blue County, Indian Territory. Nelson Moore, defendant’s brother, was indicted with him, but was not tried.' Upon the trial of the case, after the witnesses of the government had shown that Charles Palmer, the person alleged to have been murdered by the defendant, was found on the 25th day of May, 18S9, the evidence further showing that he had been murdered by some person or persons, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The testimony on behalf of the prosecution tended to show that- Charles Palmer, who had been seen alive about 12 o’clock, was found lying dead in the road in Sandy Creek bottom, about two miles from his home, at 4 o’clock of the same day. About three or four hundred yards from where the body was found, the defendant, Tom Moore, was seen by two witnesses about 2 or 3 o’clock of the same day, coming toward them and carrying a "Winchester gun. When he saw them he turned .off' at a fast walk out of sight. The wounds in Palmer’s body were made with a Winchester gun or a pistol. Defendant was a…
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