Shuffield v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; George B. Ilaynie, Judge; 1. Tbe sheriff was disqualified, and the coroner should have selected the talesmen, and the verdict is not supported by the evidence, as the liquors found were not spirituous or fermented within our statute. 203 S. W. 838. 2. The court erred in its instructions. 152 U. S. 570; 149 Id. 586; 74 S. E. 500. 1. There was no error in overruling the motion to disqualify the sheriff.
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court; George B. Ilaynie, Judge; 1. Tbe sheriff was disqualified, and the coroner should have selected the talesmen, and the verdict is not supported by the evidence, as the liquors found were not spirituous or fermented within our statute. 203 S. W. 838. 2. The court erred in its instructions. 152 U. S. 570; 149 Id. 586; 74 S. E. 500. 1. There was no error in overruling the motion to disqualify the sheriff. Kirby’s Digest, section 793, as amended by 206, Acts 1917, is not mandatory, and under the law it was a matter for the clerk and not the court, and as the matter…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Clark Circuit Court for manufacturing spirituous or fermented liquors, and, as a punishment therefor, was adjudged and sentenced to serve one year in the State Penitentiary. Prom the judgment and sentence an appeal has been duly prosecuted ■ to • this court.
Appellant insists that reversible error was committed by the court in overruling his motion to disqualify the sheriff. During the empaneling of the jury, appellant filed a motion, in accordance with section 793 of Kirby’s Digest, as amended by Act No. 206, Acts of 1917, to disqualify the…
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