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in Hall County: "Orders were accordingly given to the court and the Sheriff, to disregard any process from the United States Courts, and the execution of the unfortunate Indian, took place on the 28th of December, pursuant to his sentence. "The death of George Tassel, 'the plaintiff in error, of course prevented any further proceedings upon the writ of error, and the punishment inflicted not being disproportioned to the offence, substantial justice was doubtless awarded by the State tribunals; still the unwillingness to submit the question of jurisdiction to the Supreme Court, the defiance of the authority of the Federal Judiciary, and the indecent haste with which the life of a human being was taken away, while his appeal was pending, all indicted the conscious weakness of the ground occupied by the State, augured unfavorably of its fidelity to the union. The State Government did not, however, content itself with citing the Cherokees before the tribunals of Georgia, but also proceeded to authorize the survey of occupation of the Indian Territory, with the need of distributing it by lot, among the citizens of Georgia.