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LOTT v. PITTMAN

No. 894.

243 U.S. 588 (1917)

LOTT v. PITTMAN, SHERIFF OF WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Randolph Cooper and Mr. T.A. Wallace for appellant.

Mr. Clifford Walker, Attorney General of the State of Georgia, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Petition in habeas corpus, in which appellant was petitioner, which presents the following facts, stated narratively:

Appellant is confined in the common jail of Ware County in execution of a life sentence upon conviction for murder, the sentence having been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State. The court was evenly divided in opinion and therefore the judgment was affirmed by operation of...

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