Stevens v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant and lids wife had been -separated about a month on account of domestic troubles. On the ,16th of February, 1914, she ivas killed. Appellant was indicted for ¡such killing, the charge being murder in the first degree. He was convicted and appeals to -this court.
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Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant and lids wife had been -separated about a month on account of domestic troubles. On the ,16th of February, 1914, she ivas killed. Appellant was indicted for ¡such killing, the charge being murder in the first degree. He was convicted and appeals to -this court. The proof on behalf of the State by the stepfather of Hattie Stevens, the deceased, tends to show that on the night nf the killing appellant went to witness’s house, where the deceased had been staying, and when appellant reached there his wife…
1Opinion of the Court
"Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). (1) The court did not err in excluding the proffered testimony of witness Harris in regard to the impeachment of witness Buster Williams. Buster Williams had stated, in the presence of Roleson and Harris before the trial, that he saw appellant at the house of Ellen Vincent four or five feet from the window. At the trial Buster Williams testified that when he saw appellant his face was right at -the win- ■ dow. The court permitted the appellant to impeach the witness Iby showing that he had made the statement to Roleson before the trial, which contradicted…
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