Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court; George W. Clark, Jndge; The evidence discloses no malicious intent. McClain’s Crim. Law, § 826; 30 Ark. 433, 435; 48 Id. 56, 3 Am. St. Rep. 216; 35 Ark. 345. There can be no criminal liability for acts done in good faith under supposed right or claim of authority. McClain, Crim. Law §§ 827-828; 25 Cyc. 1677-1678. The property necessarily belonged to Rural Special School District No. 20, when the offense is alleged to have been committed.
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Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court; George W. Clark, Jndge; The evidence discloses no malicious intent. McClain’s Crim. Law, § 826; 30 Ark. 433, 435; 48 Id. 56, 3 Am. St. Rep. 216; 35 Ark. 345. There can be no criminal liability for acts done in good faith under supposed right or claim of authority. McClain, Crim. Law §§ 827-828; 25 Cyc. 1677-1678. The property necessarily belonged to Rural Special School District No. 20, when the offense is alleged to have been committed. The act transferring the territory did not go into effect until June 28, 1921. 36 Cyc. 1192; 104 Ark. 162; 103 Id,. 48; 145…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellants, Will Thompson and fifteen other citizens of Lonoke County, were arrested and tried before a justice of the peace of that county on an information charging them with damaging and destroying a certain building known as “Mason Schoolhouse and Pleasant View General Baptist Church.” The charge is preferred under the statute which makes it a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not exceeding $100 for any person to “cut, write upon, deface, disfigure or damage any part or appurtenance of the inclosure of the Statehouse, or any building belonging to the State, or of any church or…
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