Barnett v. Malvern
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from' Hot Springs Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; The existence of a city ordinance must be proved. 80 Ark. 264; 68 Ark. 483. The mayor of a town has the same jurisdiction within its limits as a justice of the peace. Kirby’s Dig., § 2083; 68 Ark. 247; 88 Ark. 213.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
H. Barnett was arrested, tried and convicted in the mayor’s court of the city of Malvern for the crime of assault and battery, alleged to have been committed on the person of Sam Henry within the city limits. He appealed to'the circuit court, where he was again convicted. He has appealed to this court from the judgment of the circuit court. He asks that the judgment be reversed solely because no ordinance of the city of Malvern making it unlawful to commit assault and battery was introduced in evidence. This was not necessary. The crime charged is made a misdemeanor by section 1584 of Kirby’s…
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