HICKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 971.

150 U.S. 442 (1893)

HICKS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 27, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Conrad for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, John Hicks, an Indian, was jointly indicted with Stand Rowe, also an Indian, for the murder of Andrew J. Colvard, a white man, by shooting him with a gun on the 13th of February, 1892. Rowe was killed by the officers in the attempt to arrest him, and Hicks was tried separately and found guilty in March, 1893. We adopt the statement...

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