State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court, Varner District; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; The court below misapprehended the meaning of the word “charge,” as used in § 1562, Kirby’s Digest. The Legislature evidently meant to use the word in its ordinary sense, and not in its legal signification. 1 Bish. Cr. Law, pp. 408-9-10; Clark, Cr. Law, p. 113; Endlich, Int. Stat., § §1 258, 264; Lewis’ Sutherland on Stat. Int., § § 389, 390, 392, 394; 129 Cal. 364; 92 Id. 590; 64 Ky.
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court, Varner District; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; The court below misapprehended the meaning of the word “charge,” as used in § 1562, Kirby’s Digest. The Legislature evidently meant to use the word in its ordinary sense, and not in its legal signification. 1 Bish. Cr. Law, pp. 408-9-10; Clark, Cr. Law, p. 113; Endlich, Int. Stat., § §1 258, 264; Lewis’ Sutherland on Stat. Int., § § 389, 390, 392, 394; 129 Cal. 364; 92 Id. 590; 64 Ky. (1 Bush) 176; 34 N. Y. Shppl. 228. The word “charge” has a legal, definite meaning, and the court should so construe. Where a statute…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueroch, C. J.
The State appeals from a judgment of the circuit court sustaining a demurrer to an indictment against defendant, J. W. Jones, charging him with having been accessory-after the fact to the crime of murder committed by one George Battles. The indictment alleges in substance that the said George Battles did kill and murder one Jarrett Johnson, and that the defendant, after said crime of murder had been committed and with full knowledge that said Battles had committed said crime, “did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously harbor, protect, conceal and aid to escape the…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882
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