Threet v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Faulkner Circuit Court; Eugene Lank-ford, Judge; 1. The indictment should have been quashed on defendant’s motion. Kirby’s Dig., § 2220; 12 Ark. 636; 69 Ark. 190. It should have been dismissed because of misjoinder of offenses.
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Appeal from Faulkner Circuit Court; Eugene Lank-ford, Judge; 1. The indictment should have been quashed on defendant’s motion. Kirby’s Dig., § 2220; 12 Ark. 636; 69 Ark. 190. It should have been dismissed because of misjoinder of offenses. Kirby’s Dig., § § 2230, 2231; 32 Ark. 203; 33 Ark. 177; 36 Ark. 55. 2. The court erred, both in the setting of the case for trial in the absence of the defendant, and in permitting his motion for change of venue to be withdrawn at a time when he was not present. Kirby’s Dig., § 2339; Const. Ark., art. 2, § 10; 5 Ark. 43Í; 10 Ark. 325; 58 Ark. 239; 24 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The appellant was indicted for the crime of rape, convicted and sentenced to death, and has appealed from that judgment. The allegations of the indictment are as follows:
“State of Arkansas,
v.
“Robert Threet.
“Faulkner County Circuit Court.
“The grand jury of Faulkner County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse Robert Threet of the crime of rape, committed as follows:
“The said Robert Threet, in the county and State aforesaid, on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1913, in and upon one Gertie Hollingshead, a female under the age of sixteen years, forcibly, violently and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Eastling v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
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