Henry v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Howard Circuit Court; James S. Steee, Judge; 1. It was error to permit witnesses Coleman and Huddleston to testify to statements of appellant before the grand jury.
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Error to Howard Circuit Court; James S. Steee, Judge; 1. It was error to permit witnesses Coleman and Huddleston to testify to statements of appellant before the grand jury. One accused of crime cannot be compelled to incriminate himself before the grand jury, nor his testimony before them be used against him on the trial. 15 Ark. 649; 13 Ark. 307; 14 Ark. 539; 20 Ark. 106; 2 Ark. 229. 2. Instructions 1 and 2 asked by defendant should have been given. 1. Defendant was not prejudiced by testimony of the grand jurors; but, if prejudicial, the error was cured by defendant’s own testimony at the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueeoch, J.
Appellant was convicted, under the “blind tiger statute,” of selling whisky without license, and a fine of $400 was adjudged against him. He was a distiller of ardent spirits in Howard County. The State proved the sale of a quart of whisky by a negro to the witness Bridgman at a house near defendant’s distillery. Another witness introduced by the State testified that he had seen whisky in this house kept in a large white jug holding four or five gallons; that he had also seen the jug empty, and had seen the defendant fill it at his distillery a great many times and carry it across the road to…
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