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NEW v. OKLAHOMA

No. 226.

195 U.S. 252 (1904)

NEW v. OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 28, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hugh T. Taggart for plaintiff in error.

Mr. P.C. Simons, Attorney General of the Territory of Oklahoma, for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

John T. New was tried on an indictment for murder in the District Court of Washita County, Oklahoma Territory, found guilty, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment for life.

The Crimes Act of Oklahoma provided that every person convicted of murder should "suffer death or imprisonment at hard labor in the Territorial penitentiary for life, at...

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