Ferguson v. Martineau
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Prohibition to Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; petition sustained as against the chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. One Arthur Hedges was convicted ef murder in the first degree in the Clark Circuit Court. He appealed to this court and the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed.
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Prohibition to Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; petition sustained as against the chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. One Arthur Hedges was convicted ef murder in the first degree in the Clark Circuit Court. He appealed to this court and the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed. After .the judgment of the Clark Circuit Court, Hodges made application to that court for a writ of coram nobis to inquire into the issue of his sanity at the time of the alleged offense for which he was convicted. The writ was issued, and upon a trial of that issue before a jury it was…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
(after .stating the facts). (1) In Featherstone v. Folbre, 75 Ark. 510-512, we said: “This court has no original jurisdiction to control or supervise any proceedings of the probate court. That all belongs to the circuit courts, as matters of original jurisdiction, and to this court by appellate or supervisory jurisdiction over the circuit courts. This court supervises and controls all courts inferior to the circuit courts only through the latter courts. In no other way can the harmony of our judicial system, as at present constituted, be preserved.”
In the same case we held that the…
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