Hodge v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DYER. Appeal from the Criminal Court of Dyer County.— W. A. Fowlkes, Jr., Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan
One question presented by this appeal is the constitutionality of chapter 78,- Acts of 1915 (see page 239 of Private Acts of that year). Plaintiff in error was convicted of the offense of assault and battery after a trial in the court which the act purports to establish. No bill of exceptions appears in the transcript, and no question is made on the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment.
IJpon the question first above suggested, it is insisted that the general assembly went beyond the power vested in it by the Constitution when it enacted sections 1 and 2 of the act. Section 1…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State ex rel. Platt v. KirkIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
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- Chambers v. State ex rel. BarnardIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
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