State v. Wardlaw
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Bradley Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Bradley, Circuit Judge. The 3d and 4th instructions of the court were erroneous and misleading. The evidence clearly shows, taking all the circumstances into consideration, that the Derringer pistol was carried and intended as a weapon.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J... Carry-j weapon. Wardlaw was indicted for carrying a pistol as a weapon. He was tried by a jury and found guilty;' but the court set the verdict aside. Hpon the second trial the evidence was that the accused was a tenant of one Lynn, occupying land 150 or 200 yards distant from his landlord; that he was on bad terms with his wife and had perhaps used threatening language towards her, in consequence of which she had left him; that shortly before the indictment was found, his father-in-law came to Lynn’s house and requested that Wardlaw might be sent for for an interview. Wardlaw…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. DuzanIndiana Supreme Court · 1841
3Cited by11 opinions
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