Case ID: tenn_24/html/0523-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Carroway et als. vs. The State.
    Where defendants were indicted jointly, jointly tried, and a joint judgment rendered against them for a riot; it is held, that the Attorney General is entitled to but one tax fee.
    Carroway and five others were indictee! in the Circuit Court of Obion, for a riot.
    They pleaded not guilty, and were tried at the June term, 1844. They were found guilty and a judgment rendered against them, that they “pay a fine of five dollars each and pay the costs of prosecution.”
    They were jointly indicted, jointly tried, and one judgment rendered against them.
    The clerk taxed a fine of five dollars against each of the defendants for the Attorney General of the State, and a fi. fa. issued; therefor against them.
    The defendants applied and obtained a writ of supersedeas to stay the collection of the sum of $25.
    At the November term, 1844, the defendant moved the court to quash the execution. This motion was overruled and the petition dismissed.
    The defendants appealed.
    
      Raines and S. Williams, for the plaintiffs in error.
    
      Attorney General, for the State.
   Per Curiam.

The judgment of the Circuit Court must be reversed. In the case exhibited in the record, the Attorney for the State is entitled to but one tax fee. The execution must be qtkshed.