Moore v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court, Western District. Richard H. Powell, Judge. The verdict is wholly unsupported by the evidence, and should be set aside. The stenographer’s report contains all the evidence, and it is sufficient for the purpose. Acts Ark.
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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court, Western District. Richard H. Powell, Judge. The verdict is wholly unsupported by the evidence, and should be set aside. The stenographer’s report contains all the evidence, and it is sufficient for the purpose. Acts Ark. (1897) 64-65. This court will not reverse a judgment for lack of evidence to support the verdict, unless there is an entire absence of it. 43 Ark. 317; 18 Ark. 303; 43 Ark. 367; 51 Ark. 115; 47 Ark. 567. The certified copy of the stenographer’s notes can not take the place of a bill of exceptions. Acts 1897, pp. 64-66; 55 Wis. 682. The…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Ed Moore was accused and convicted of burglary in the circuit court of the western district of Lawrence county; and has brought to this court, by writ of error, the record and proceedings in the prosecution against him. He asks for a reversal of the judgment rendered upon his conviction, because, he says, the evidence adduced at his trial was insufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty. This is the only error of which he complains. To show what evidence was adduced, he brings here a report of the same, as made out and filed by the stenographer of the court. No bill of exceptions was filed.…
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