Hickory v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1896-01-06

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Mr. Justice "White delivered the opinion of the court. Sam Downing, alias Sam Hickory, and Thomas Shade were indicted in October, 1891, for the murder in the Indian Territory of a white man by the name of Joseph Wilson. Downing, who was at the time of the alleged killing nineteen years old, was tried and convicted, and the case was brought by error here. The…

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