Harper v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; Dene II. Coleman, Judge; The court erred in refusing a continuance. 109 Ark. 407; 120 Ark. 173. The refusal to grant a continuance is subject to review on appeal. 99 Ark. 334. The demurrer should have been sustained. There was a misjoinder of offenses. C. & M. Digest, § 3015; 109 Ark. 389; 109 Ark. 498; 37 Ark. 274; 41 Ark. 173. The court erred in permitting the witness Ivey to testify as to the reputation of the defendant.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; Dene II. Coleman, Judge; The court erred in refusing a continuance. 109 Ark. 407; 120 Ark. 173. The refusal to grant a continuance is subject to review on appeal. 99 Ark. 334. The demurrer should have been sustained. There was a misjoinder of offenses. C. & M. Digest, § 3015; 109 Ark. 389; 109 Ark. 498; 37 Ark. 274; 41 Ark. 173. The court erred in permitting the witness Ivey to testify as to the reputation of the defendant. The testimony of Paul Curtis was not sufficiently corroborated. C. & M. Digest, § 3181; 120 Ark. 148. There was no abuse of discretion…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life, and has appealed.
The indictment on which he was tried contained two counts, in the first of which he was charged with having killed one Jesse Ford by shooting the said Ford with a gun, and in the second count he was charged as an accessory before the fact to the killing of Ford by one Paul Curtis.
The court refused to require the State to ■ elect on which of the two counts the case would be submitted to the jury, and this action is assigned as error. The case of Gill v. State, 59 Ark. 423, decides…
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