Rogers v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. Jeremiah G. Waeeace, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant, Rogers, was indicted by the grand jury of Johnson county for the crime of murder. The indictment alleged that he killed and murdered one M. D. Kernoodle in said county by shooting him with a pistol. A change of venue was taken to Yell county, and the case was there tried.
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Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. Jeremiah G. Waeeace, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant, Rogers, was indicted by the grand jury of Johnson county for the crime of murder. The indictment alleged that he killed and murdered one M. D. Kernoodle in said county by shooting him with a pistol. A change of venue was taken to Yell county, and the case was there tried. The evidence showed that Rogers and Kernoodle became engaged in a combat in the town of Clarksville; near the barber shop in which Kernoodle worked ; that they had only struggled a moment before Rogers drew…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
Wheu stracáo¿s not (after stating the facts.) We need not consider the objections urged against the definitions of the words “willfully” and “deliberately” contained instruction No. 1, given by the court. The object of those definitions, we suppose, was to inform the jury concerning the distinctions between the different degrees of homicide. As the defendant was only convicted of manslaughter, it is plain that, whether erroneous or not, they did him no harm. We find no error in either of the instructions numbered 2, 9 and 11, given by the court on its own motion, and to which…
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