Freeman v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Union Circuit Court; C. W. Smith, Judge; The court erred in refusing a continuance on the ground that the evidence of the absent witnesses was material to his defense. 91 Ark. 497. There was error in admitting the -alleged dying declarations of the deceased. 81 Ark. 417. The court was correct in overruling defendant’s motion for a continuance.
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Appeal from Union Circuit Court; C. W. Smith, Judge; The court erred in refusing a continuance on the ground that the evidence of the absent witnesses was material to his defense. 91 Ark. 497. There was error in admitting the -alleged dying declarations of the deceased. 81 Ark. 417. The court was correct in overruling defendant’s motion for a continuance. C. & M. Digest, § 3130; Id. 1270; 2 Ark. 34; 101 Ark. 514; Kirby’s Digest, § 6173; 124 Ark. 599; 15 Ark. 252; 103 Ark. 509; 62 Ark. 543; 125 Ark. 269; 101 Ark. 513. The testimony of the absent witnesses was cumulative. 79 Ark. 594; 82 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The appellant was indicted on July 19, 1921, for the crime of murder in the first degree in the killing of one T. B. McCain. He was tried on the 26th day of July, 1921, and convicted of murder in the second degree. The defendant filed a motion for continuance, in which he set up that “he was a stranger in the community without friends and without funds and had not had an opportunity to prepare his case for trial; that, being confined in jail and being a stranger, he did not know the names of certain witnesses who could and would give testimony material to his case; that the witnesses are…
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