Conrand v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Faulkner Circuit Court. Eldon A. Bolton, Special Judge. The indictment is fatally defective, because it charges the commission of the offense at a future date. 10 Am. & Eng Ene. Law, 584, note 3; ib. 589, par. 2; Sand. & H. Dig., § 2075. The court erred in refusing the first, fourth and seventh instructions asked by appellant.
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Appeal from Faulkner Circuit Court. Eldon A. Bolton, Special Judge. The indictment is fatally defective, because it charges the commission of the offense at a future date. 10 Am. & Eng Ene. Law, 584, note 3; ib. 589, par. 2; Sand. & H. Dig., § 2075. The court erred in refusing the first, fourth and seventh instructions asked by appellant. The verdict of the jury violates the tenth instruction given by the court, on appellant’s behalf, wherein the court told the jury that the state was required to allege and prove that the offense was committed within twelve months before the finding of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
On the 14th day of July, 1896, an indictment was filed in the Faulkner circuit court, in which Charles Conrand was accused of slander. The commission of the offense was charged, in part, as follows: “The grand jury of Faulkner county, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse Charles Conrand of the crime of slander committed as follows, to-wit: The said Charles Conrand, in the county and State aforesaid, on the 15th day of May, A. D. 1899, then and there maliciously, wilfully, feloniously and falsely did use, utter and publish (in the presence of James Campbell,…
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