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LEWIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 1018.

146 U.S. 370 (1892)

13 S.Ct. 136

36 L.Ed. 1011

LEWIS, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. H.J. May for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Parker for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a writ of error sued out to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, imposing a sentence of death upon Alexander Lewis, plaintiff in error, for the murder of one Benjamin C. Tarver, at the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian country.

It appears by the record that on the trial of the case, and after the accused had pleaded not guilty to the indictment...

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