Silvie v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from 'Sebastian 'Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Mon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. At the September, 1914, term of the Sebastian Circuit Court, for the Fort Smith district, appellant was indicted for three distinct and separate offenses.
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Appeal from 'Sebastian 'Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Mon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. At the September, 1914, term of the Sebastian Circuit Court, for the Fort Smith district, appellant was indicted for three distinct and separate offenses. One indictment charged him “of the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses committed as follows, towit: The said W. I. Silvie, in the county, district and State aforesaid, on the 18th day of July, 1914, did unlawfully, falsely, fraudulently, and feloniously obtain from Ed Haglin $53.54, hy falsely and feloniously stating to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). The Attorney General confesses that the court erred in consolidating the causes for trial. This court, in McClellan v. State, 32 Ark. 609, and in Halley v. State, 108 Ark. 224, has criticised and 'condemned the practice of ■consolidating separate causes under separate indictments for the purpose of trial. In the latter case we said: “While the court would have no authority against the objection of the defendant to try the cases together, ye.t as the record affirmatively shows the defendant expressly consented to it, and inasmuch as the record does not show…
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