Murphy v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; 1. Evidence of other larcenies was inadmissible. 37 Ark. 264; 39 Id. 278; 1 Wigmore on Evidence 426, par. 346; 52 Ark. 309; 54 Id. 626; 91 Id. 559; 117 Id. 296; 110 Id. 226; 120 Id. 157; 87 Id. 17; 85 Atl. 731; 167 Mich. 53; 132 N. W. 470;1 Jones on Evidence (1913 ed.), 720; 62 L. R. A. 193, note; 25 Cyc. 107, notes 23, 30, etc.; 97 N. Y. Supp. 917; 125 Id. 976; 134 N. W. 807; 117 S. W. 148. 2. Cynthia…
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; 1. Evidence of other larcenies was inadmissible. 37 Ark. 264; 39 Id. 278; 1 Wigmore on Evidence 426, par. 346; 52 Ark. 309; 54 Id. 626; 91 Id. 559; 117 Id. 296; 110 Id. 226; 120 Id. 157; 87 Id. 17; 85 Atl. 731; 167 Mich. 53; 132 N. W. 470;1 Jones on Evidence (1913 ed.), 720; 62 L. R. A. 193, note; 25 Cyc. 107, notes 23, 30, etc.; 97 N. Y. Supp. 917; 125 Id. 976; 134 N. W. 807; 117 S. W. 148. 2. Cynthia Carmichael was an accomplice and there was no corroboration of her testimony. Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § § 1643-4-5; 36…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was employed as stockman in the ladies’ ready-to-wear department of the Gus Blass Company, in the city of Little Rock, and several indictments were returned against him which alleged that he had stolen various articles of merchandise during his employment. The proof tended to show that one Cynthia Carmichael aided appellant in the disposition of these goods, and certain of the stolen articles were found in her possession. It was shown that, when she learned that appellant had been accused of larceny and that search was being made for the goods which he had stolen, she hid certain…
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