Legal Opinion

Hamblin v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1912PublishedCited by 11 opinions

FROM CLAIBORNE. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Claiborne County. —P. G. Fulkerson, Special Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lansden

Plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, for the murder of one Arthur Johnson.

The facts established upon the record by a clear preponderance of the testimony that plaintiff in error and ■the deceased met.at the store of one Evans in Olairfleld and engaged in a game of craps. Hamblin won $4 from Johnson, and at Johnson’s request they played again, and Johnson won $4 from Hamblin. Johnson started away, and it was then proposed by one or the other that they shoot again for $20. This -was agreed to, and the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Low v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Harness v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Power Packing Co. v. BorumCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1928
  2. Garton v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Dykes v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Munson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970

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