Barton v. State

The appellant was indicted in the criminal court of Pulaski county, as follows:

“The grand jury of Pulaski county, in the name and by the authority of the state of Arkansas,.accuse John Barton of the crime of larceny, committed as follows, viz. : The said John Barton, on the ninth day of July, A. D. 1872, in the county and state aforesaid, one hundred and thirty dollars, the property of Joseph Schaer, from the person of the said Joseph Schaer, then and there feloniously did take, steal and carry away, against the peace and dignity of the state of Arkansas.”

The appellant entered a demurrer to…