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HICKORY v. UNITED STATES

No. 491.

160 U.S. 408 (1896)

HICKORY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for defendants in error.

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 verdict and judgment were reversed and the case was remanded for a new trial. Hickory v. United States...

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