Setzer v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court; George W. Reed, Judge; No rule of criminal procedure is better settled than that evidence of one crime can not be introduced to prove a man guilty of another.
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Appeal from Marion Circuit Court; George W. Reed, Judge; No rule of criminal procedure is better settled than that evidence of one crime can not be introduced to prove a man guilty of another. The testimony not only fails to show that the crimes testified to by the witnesses Crunkleton and Morris were connected with the crime charged in this case, or formed a part of one transaction, but it affirmatively shows that they were separate and distinct transactions. 37 Ark. 261; 39 Ark. 278; 54 Ark. 621. 1. “Evidence of similar larcenies is admissible for the purpose of showing particular…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On the 27th day of January, 1911, the grand jury of Marion County, Arkansas, returned two indictments’ against appellant and one Green Tigue. The first indictment charged them with the crime of grand larceny alleged to have been committed by stealing three hogs, the property of J. F. Dillard. The second indictment charged them with the crime of altering the marks of three hogs, the property of J. F.' Dillard, with the felonious intent to steal them. At the time of appellant’s trial, Tigue was not in custody and on the calling of the case, it being made to appear to the court that both these…
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