Holmes v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro ■ District; B. E. L. Johnson, Special Judge; 1. There is no evidence to connect Louis Holmes with the offense charged.' 2. The court erred in its instructions and the evidence is not sufficient to warrant a conviction.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro ■ District; B. E. L. Johnson, Special Judge; 1. There is no evidence to connect Louis Holmes with the offense charged.' 2. The court erred in its instructions and the evidence is not sufficient to warrant a conviction. The language was neither profane, vulgar nor abusive, nor was it insulting or calculated to produce anger. 99 Ark. 142; 9 C. J. 388; 15 Porto Rico, 198. 1. Admit that as to Louis Holmes the evidence is not sufficient. 2. There is no error in the instructions. 33 Ark. 140. The language used was insulting and abusive and calculated…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCULLOCH, C. J.
Appellants, Clifford and Louis Holmes, are lads 13 or 14 years of age, and were arrested and convicted before a justice of the peace of Craighead County for violation of the statute which provides that if any person “shall make use of any profane, violent, abusive or insulting language toward or about another person, in his presence or hearing’, which language in its common acceptation is calculated to arouse to anger the person about whom or to whom it is spoken or addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault, every such person shall be deemed gnilty of a breach of the peace, ’…
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