Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; 1. The proper application of the rule allowing the examination of supporting witnesses to a motion for a continuance depends upon the particular facts in the case.. The notoriety given to this case by newspaper accounts, all of which were unfavorable to the defendant, and by discussion of the same on the streets, etc., necessarily resulted in many expressions of opinion unfavorable to the defendant.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, First Division; Robert J. Lea, Judge; 1. The proper application of the rule allowing the examination of supporting witnesses to a motion for a continuance depends upon the particular facts in the case.. The notoriety given to this case by newspaper accounts, all of which were unfavorable to the defendant, and by discussion of the same on the streets, etc., necessarily resulted in many expressions of opinion unfavorable to the defendant. Who can say that the supporting witnesses were reckless or false in their statements that the defendant could not obtain a…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
Defendant, Will Williams, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged with murdering one J. O. Miller by shooting him with a pistol, He was convicted of murder in the second degree by a petit jury, who assessed his punishment at twenty-one years in the State penitentiary. There are three assignments of error which are specially urged by him why the judgment of conviction should be reversed: (1). Because the court erred in refusing to grant' him a change of venue; (2). On account of errors committed in rulings upon the instructions; (3). Because of improper remarks made…
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- Stevenson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Wallace v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Byrd v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Price v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
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