Patrick v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
. Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant, James Patrick, and his son, Hugh Jett Patrick, were jointly charged with the crime of murder for killing one Sterling Rose, by the following indictment: “The grand jury of Scott County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse the defendants, James Patrick and H. J. Patrick, of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed as…
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. Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant, James Patrick, and his son, Hugh Jett Patrick, were jointly charged with the crime of murder for killing one Sterling Rose, by the following indictment: “The grand jury of Scott County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse the defendants, James Patrick and H. J. Patrick, of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed as follows, towit: That the said James Patrick and H. J. Patrick, in the county and State aforesaid, on the 23d day of March,…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). No brief was filed by counsel for appellant, and the motion for new trial assigns the following errors:
That the court erred in overruling the demurrer to the indictment, in the giving and refusing of certain instructions, in permitting improper argument by the prosecuting attorney, and in allowing the introduction of incompetent testimony.
The indictment is sufficient, and the court did not err in overruling the demurrer thereto. Evans v. State, 58 Ark. 52.
No exceptions were saved to the giving or refusing of any instruction, neither does the bill of…
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