Ford v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Eafayette Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; 1. The third instruction requested -by defendant was correct and should have been given. 51 S. W. 238; 81 S. W. 33. 2. The testimony of the witness Tuland -that at the time of the shooting he heard some one exclaim “Oh, don’t!” without identifying who it was, either by sight or sound of voice, was improperly admitted. 43 Ark. 289; 71 Ark. 112; 56 Ark. 326. 3. The location of the house, the pile of -crossties and…
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Appeal from Eafayette Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; 1. The third instruction requested -by defendant was correct and should have been given. 51 S. W. 238; 81 S. W. 33. 2. The testimony of the witness Tuland -that at the time of the shooting he heard some one exclaim “Oh, don’t!” without identifying who it was, either by sight or sound of voice, was improperly admitted. 43 Ark. 289; 71 Ark. 112; 56 Ark. 326. 3. The location of the house, the pile of -crossties and the body of deceased were capable of being described t-o the jury in the ordinary way. The testimony of witnesses with…
1Opinion of the CourtKirby, J.
The appellant, Burke Ford, was indicted for murder in the first degree for killing C. G. Wooley, and, after plea of not guilty, on trial convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary.
The evidence shows that C. G. Wooley was killed, being shot twice with a double-barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot early on the night of December 31, 1909, while on his way home from the depot house near some piles of cross ties on the side of the street near its crossing of the railroad track in the town of Lewisville. A hotel proprietor by the name of Mat E.…
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