Hickory v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice "White
delivered the opinion of the court.
Sam Downing, alias Sam Hickory, and Thomas Shade were indicted in October, 1891, for the murder in the Indian Territory of a white man by the name of Joseph Wilson. Downing, who was at the time of the alleged killing nineteen years old, was tried and convicted, and the case was brought by error here. The verdict and judgment were reversed and the case was remanded for a new trial. Hickory v. United States, 151 U. S. 303. On the trial, the defendant was again found guilty of murder, and the case for the second time comes here by error. The…
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