Starchman v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. Richard EL Poweee, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, Starchman, was indicted by the grand jury of Lawrence county for the crime of burglary.
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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. Richard EL Poweee, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, Starchman, was indicted by the grand jury of Lawrence county for the crime of burglary. The indictment alleged that Starchman, “on the 15th day of March, 1895, in the county, district and state aforesaid, and during the night time of said day, the court-house in the town of Powhatan, then and there situate, and owned and possessed by the county of Lawrence, then and there wilfully, maliciously, feloniously, and burglariously, did break and enter with felonious and burglarious intent…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1‡, was not error to allow witnesses on the' part of the state to exhibit to the jury certain drills and punches found by them in the house of appellant, Starchman. It having been shown that the safe which was entered was opened by means of similar instruments in connection with an explosive substance, such evidence was proper as tending more or less to connect Starchman with the offense. People v. Hope, 62 Cal. 291; Rapalje on Larceny & Kindred Offenses, sec. 358.
In Boyd v. United States, 116 U. S. 616, cited by counsel for appellant, it was held that a…
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