Pleasant v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Circuit Qowrt of Ouachita County. Hon. Thomas Hubbaed, Circni t Judge. The defendant had tlie right to ask the prosecutrix and witnesses as to particular acts of lewdness on her part, and was not confined in the examination to her general character as to want of chastity and virtue, or truth and veracity; and had the right to ask the prose cut-rix as to her connection with other men ; and also to ask of, and prove by, other witnesses, particular instances of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Qowrt of Ouachita County. Hon. Thomas Hubbaed, Circni t Judge. The defendant had tlie right to ask the prosecutrix and witnesses as to particular acts of lewdness on her part, and was not confined in the examination to her general character as to want of chastity and virtue, or truth and veracity; and had the right to ask the prose cut-rix as to her connection with other men ; and also to ask of, and prove by, other witnesses, particular instances of such connection. The People vs. Abbott, 19 Wend. 192. Even though the witness may not be compelled-to answer questions…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ehulish
Pleasa/nt, the slave of Janies Milton, was indicted, in the Union Circuit Court, for an assault with intent to commit rape upon Sophia Fulmer, a white woman. He was tried, convicted, appealed to this court, and the judgment was reversed. See Pleasant vs. The State, 13 Ark. Sep. 361.
The cause having been remanded, it was twice continued on the motion of the accused, and afterwards, at the June term, 1854 he applied for a change of venue, upon which application the court made the following order:
“Came the State, &c., and the defendant is brought to the bar of the court in custody, &c., and…
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