England had no right to take taxes from the colonists of the French Indian War. The colonists were the first to fight in the war and had also incurred as many losses as the actual Britain country hence there was no justification for them to be taxed.
Was still legal it became not legal after the civil war
It stemmened from the annexation of Texas by the us in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River which was Mexican claimed or the rio grande us claim.
I believe it was governor John M. Slanton who sentenced Leo Frank to death.