Vance v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. George M. Obapline, Judge, on exchange of circuits. The evidence will not sustain a verdict of murder in the first degree.
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Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. George M. Obapline, Judge, on exchange of circuits. The evidence will not sustain a verdict of murder in the first degree. Of. 11 Ark. 455; 29 Ark. 248; 36 Ark. 221; 56 Ark. 8; 60 Ark. 564; 20 Tex. 522. As to meaning of “deliberation” required in murder in the first degree, see: 3 Kan. 450, 483; 6 Neb. 136; 23 Ind. 231, 263; 28 la. 522; 60 Ark. 572; 25 Tex. 33; 20 Tex. 522; 43 Tex. 322; 70 Mo. 599; 10 Yerg. 551-2; 69 Mo. 451; 15 Nev. 407; 6 Neb. 136; 3 Kan. 450, 483; 1 Whart. Crim. Law, § 381; 30 Tex. 466; 36 Tex. 523. If the intent is brought about by a…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
The appellant, Reedy Vance, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Lee Yick by shooting him with a pistol. He brings this appeal to reverse the judgment and obtain a new trial.
The circumstances of the killing were substantially as follows : Lee Yick, a Chinaman, kept a restaurant on Fifth street, in this city. On the 4th day of June, 1901, Vance went into this restaurant, and ordered a bowl of soup. After he had eaten his soup he started to leave the restaurant without paying the nickel he owed for it. Yick followed him, and asked him for the money.…
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