NOBLES v. GEORGIA

No. 376.

168 U.S. 398 (1897)

NOBLES v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 29, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marion W. Harris for plaintiff in error. Mr. W.C. Glenn and Mr. D.W. Rountree were on his brief.

Mr. J.M. Terrell for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In July, 1895, Elizabeth Nobles was tried in the Superior Court of Twiggs County, Georgia, upon an indictment for murder, and was found guilty and sentenced to death. The bill of exceptions in the record now before us recites that "the said sentence of death having been regularly and legally suspended and superseded by the order of the court the case came on again to be heard before the court on the 23d day of...

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