Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court; George W. Reed, Judge; 1. It was error to permit the sheriff, Caruthers, to testify that Davis was convicted of the killing of Moore, and further error to state to the jury that evidence of Davis’s conviction was evidence of his guilt. The conviction of Davis could only be proved by the record or by a duly certified copy thereof. 25 Pa. St. 221; 12 Tex.
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Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court; George W. Reed, Judge; 1. It was error to permit the sheriff, Caruthers, to testify that Davis was convicted of the killing of Moore, and further error to state to the jury that evidence of Davis’s conviction was evidence of his guilt. The conviction of Davis could only be proved by the record or by a duly certified copy thereof. 25 Pa. St. 221; 12 Tex. App. 408; 40 Ga. 465;'26 Gratt, (Ya.) 953; 39 Miss. 702; 80 Ga. 127; 75 Va. 925. 2. Where the prosecuting attorney, in his argument to the jury, makes statements which are prejudicial to the defendant, even…
1Opinion of the CourtKirby, J.
Appellant was charged with being an accessory before the fact to the murder of Charley Moore, and was convicted and sentenced to five years ’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, and from the judgment, he brings this appeal.
The testimony shows that on February 19, 1912, Charley Moore had started to his home from town in a buggy, in company with Will Melton, and that, as they Avere crossing Warm Fork Creek, he was shot from ambush, apparently Avith a shotgun and a rifle, and Melton saw two men running away over the hill. The men ran from the place where the shots were fired, and an examination of…
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