Jett v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court; Lake City District; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; 1. The authenticated copy of the record of Gibson’s indictment for and plea of guilty to the crime of robbery in the State of Missouri ought to have been admitted.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court; Lake City District; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; 1. The authenticated copy of the record of Gibson’s indictment for and plea of guilty to the crime of robbery in the State of Missouri ought to have been admitted. It was a material issue under appellant’s plea of self-defense, as to whether he or the deceased was the aggressor, and tlie general reputation of each for peace and quietude was admissible. 147 Ark. 524.' 2. The three instructions requested by the appellant were not covered by any instruction given and should not' have been refused. 93 Ark. 313. 1.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and given a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.
A warrant of arrest had been issued by a justice of the peace for the arrest of Clyde Gibson on a charge of disturbing the peace. Two officers undertook the service of this warrant, but they failed to find Gibson, and left the warrant with a Mr. Allen with the request that he give it to appellant for service. When the warrant was offered appellant, he at first declined to accept it, for the reason, as stated by him, that he was unarmed, and he knew Gibson to be a…
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