Reed v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District. Edgar E. Bryant, Judge. 1. It was error to admit testimony of other larcenies. I Gr. Ev., secs. 50, 52; 39 Ark., 280; 37 id., 265; 22 Cal., 477; 11 S. W. Rep., 832; ib., 927; 42 N. W. Rep., 1134; 6 So. Rep., 237; 35 N. W. Rep., 405 ; 41 id., 136. 2. The instructions refused by the court were copied from Boykin v. State, 34 Ark., and Gr.
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APPEAL from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District. Edgar E. Bryant, Judge. 1. It was error to admit testimony of other larcenies. I Gr. Ev., secs. 50, 52; 39 Ark., 280; 37 id., 265; 22 Cal., 477; 11 S. W. Rep., 832; ib., 927; 42 N. W. Rep., 1134; 6 So. Rep., 237; 35 N. W. Rep., 405 ; 41 id., 136. 2. The instructions refused by the court were copied from Boykin v. State, 34 Ark., and Gr. Ev., and were not covered by any part of the charge. 1. Evidence of defendant’s possession of stolen goods, other than those mentioned in the indictment, was admissible, not to show that defendant would…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
The appellant was convicted of larceny upon •an indictment charging him with the stealing of a saddle, a blanket, a bridle and- a slicker from George Harper. He filed a motion for a new trial which was overruled, to which he excepted, and appealed to this court.
On Sunday night, in the latter part of September, 1889, George Harper rode a mule to church. The saddle on which he rode had what is called in the evidence a “ slicker ” coat tied to it. He tied the reins of the bridle upon the mule to a tree. After services at the church had closed he went out and found that the mule was gone, also…
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