Dickason v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM TIPTON. Error to the Circuit Court of Tipton County. — S. J. Everett, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of Vesper Granderson. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and has appealed in error to this court.
We express no opinion on the facts of the case since it must he reversed and remanded for a new trial for certain errors of law occurring below.
The action of the trial court in admitting' a statement of Granderson, made just prior to his death, as *604a dying declaration is vigorously assailed by counsel for plaintiff in error.
Granderson was shot at close quarters, with a shotgun, in the abdomen. His wound was very large, of a…
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