Green v. State

Carter, J.:

The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree at the Fall term, 1897, of the Circuit Court of Hamilton county, and from the death sentence imposed upon him sued out this writ of error. The indictment charged “that Jake Blue, Israel Green, Abe Dixon, Will Murphy, Dave Mitchell, Gilbert George and Boykin Brown, late of said county, on the 24th day of July, A. D. 1896, at and in the county and State aforesaid, with force and arms, and with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a pistol, which said pistol was then and there loaded and charged with gunpowder and leaden bullets,…