[Robert DeLong]

McCall was acquitted by the informal mining town jury that first brought him to trial, but was later rearrested and judged guilty. He was hanged in March of 1877.

Never mind, the article actually answers my question. I guess double jeopardy was not in effect yet.

[tumblindice]

“I guess double jeopardy was not in effect yet. “

Camp Deadwood was in Indian territory, so they lacked jurisdiction to try anyone.
In the show, US cavalry had run the miners, saloon owners, etc. out of the area once before, and it was supposed to be Indian land, treaty and all that.

George Custer had his scalp lifted in June of 1876 not too far away. Everyone in Deadwood and surrounding camps were concerned about their claims, land titles, and their scalps.
McCall was hated, Hickock was liked. McCall used a bogus argument that Wild Bill killed his brother in Abilene and odd as frontier justice seems here, they let him go.