Turner v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
• PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from ° Criminal Court of Davidson County. G-. S. Ridley, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Dickinson, Sp. J.
Turner -was indicted for killing Thomas A. Holton, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The wound of which Holton died was inflicted by Turner May 15, 1889, in the office of Aris Brown, Justice of the Peace, in Nashville, while the Magistrate had under consideration the postponement of a case that had been called for trial. Besides Turner, Holton, and Brown, there were present in the room Holman, the attorney of Turner, Bland, a business partner of Holton, and Frasch.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Marston v. WaldrhynCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1802
3Cited by34 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
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