Skaggs v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Elijah Skaggs, Mrs. Margaret Irene Taylor, her brother, Mr. Todd and a Mr. Allen came to Fort Smith in May, 1908, from Dallas, (Texas, in and about which place these parties had resided for, a number of years. When they reached Fort Smith, they went to a hotel and had dinner together.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Elijah Skaggs, Mrs. Margaret Irene Taylor, her brother, Mr. Todd and a Mr. Allen came to Fort Smith in May, 1908, from Dallas, (Texas, in and about which place these parties had resided for, a number of years. When they reached Fort Smith, they went to a hotel and had dinner together. After they came out of the hotel, the suggestion was made that they see the 'town, and she proposed going to the park. Her brother proposed that he and Mr. Allen go together, and that she and Skaggs go together.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiuc, C. JL
(after stating the facts). 1. The first point upon which the Attorney General confesses error is the absence from the court room, of the presiding judge. The record on this point reads as follows: “While defendant’s counsel was making his argument to the jury, the judge stepped across the hall from the court room to the water closet, and was absent from the court room for the space of about 'two minutes, and while out of the court room T. S. Osborne, a regular practicing attorney of the bar, sat in the judge’s chair at the request of the judge. No objection was made to this, and no…
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