Speer v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; 1. This case is easily distinguished from the Bled-soe case1,197 S. W. 17, and is not governed by it. 2. The indictment should have been quashed on account of the conduct of the judge. No public offense is charged.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; 1. This case is easily distinguished from the Bled-soe case1,197 S. W. 17, and is not governed by it. 2. The indictment should have been quashed on account of the conduct of the judge. No public offense is charged. Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § 7837; 85 N. E. 728. 3. The venue should have been changed on the showing made. 4. The court erred in its charge to the grand jury. 5. The court erred in refusing to permit appellant to examine the veniremen on their voir dire as to political bias or prejudice. 1 Thompson on Trials, par. 103. 6. The…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant, prosecuting attorney of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Garland Circuit Court of prosecuting W. S. Jacobs, Porter Austeel, Butch Wright and George Ryan, operators of a gambling house at 336% Central Avenue, in the city of Hot Springs, for misdemeanors instead of felonies. The indictment charged in substance that appellant filed information against said parties for misdemeanors for gaming, instead of prosecuting them for felonies for operating a gambling house, in order to encourage said parties in the commission of the offenses. A fine of…
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