Valentine v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On or about February 10, 1913, tbe appellant killed one Vernon Neely in Jackson County, Arkansas, at tbe borne of Mollie Mays, about 9:30 o’clock in tbe evening. Vernon Neely arrived at Newport about 4. o’clock on tbe day of tbe killing. He went to Newport on tbe local train, and was accompanied by two other negroes, Hardley Taylor and Efford Allison. They came to Newport from Beebe.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On or about February 10, 1913, tbe appellant killed one Vernon Neely in Jackson County, Arkansas, at tbe borne of Mollie Mays, about 9:30 o’clock in tbe evening. Vernon Neely arrived at Newport about 4. o’clock on tbe day of tbe killing. He went to Newport on tbe local train, and was accompanied by two other negroes, Hardley Taylor and Efford Allison. They came to Newport from Beebe. After they got to Newport they went to one of tbe saloons and drank some beer together. After this, and about tbe hour above…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Appellant filed a motion to vacate the order of court reciting waiver of arraignment and the entry of a plea, and the order setting the case for trial on a certain day, alleging that the appellant had no counsel to represent him at the time, and that he was therefore ignorant of the effect of the waiver of arraignment and the purported entry of the plea, and the setting of the case for hearing, etc.
The record recites that, “On this day comes the State of Arkansas, by her attorney, C. M. Erwin, and comes said defendant in his own proper person, in custody…
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