Roberts v. State

The defendant, Henry Roberts — together with two others— was indicted in the Yell Circuit Court for a riot. After pleading to the indictment, he was tried separately, and convicted. A motion in arrest of judgment was overruled by the court, and the case was brought here on appeal.

Our statute provides that “if three or more persons.assemble together, with the intent, or being assembled, shall agree mutually to assist each other to do an unlawful act, with force or violence, against the. person or property of another, or against the peace, or to the terror of the people, and shall accomplish…