Show WROTE OPINION IN SLEEP CHATTANOOGA Tenn Teun March MarchA A A I remarkable story has just come to light here hee of oC an option opton of ot tho the supreme court of or Tennessee affirming the tho death sentence sentence sen pen tence tonce of Andrew Smith colored In 1870 The opinion was as written b by the chief justice of oC tho the supreme court when ho was In a somnambulistic state elate and the remarkable thing was a that tha his tile opinion was wu thoroughly sound both as ns to the law and facts and ad is 1 one of tho the reported opinions opinion I being printed ns as s an an authority to this da day on the th technical law points Involved fn Justice Nicholson was ns the man who the opinion and Peter Peer Tur Turney e afterward governor so of ot Tennessee saw a him arUe arle from his b bed d. d write the lengthy document and again retire Next day Ju Justice tco Nicholson had h no recollection r of or orthe the Incident The rha elaborate opinion covered covered cov coy ered cred all the facts cited and end ended with an affirmation on of or tho the court below Letters Leter the late lato Governor Go eror Turney In Iii the I pO of or ono one of ot Chattanooga's most prominent a attorneys corroborate te the thc foregoing foregoing fore fore- ore ore- I going story I |