Bishop v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. Wieeiam L. Moose, Judge. The court’s instruction defining the theory of self-defense was improper. 62 Ark. 309; 64 Ark. 144. The court’s remarks to the jury when they had failed to reach a verdict was error. 58 Ark. 282; 51 Ark. 155; 104 111. App. 499; 131 N. Car. 73; 72 Pac. 670; 78 S. W. 930; 86 N. W. 98; 34 S. E. 1023; 34 S. E. 734. The court excluded appellant’s theory of self-defense. 60 Ark. 80; 28 Ark. 160; 50 Ark. 547; 78 Ky. 268; 14…
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. Wieeiam L. Moose, Judge. The court’s instruction defining the theory of self-defense was improper. 62 Ark. 309; 64 Ark. 144. The court’s remarks to the jury when they had failed to reach a verdict was error. 58 Ark. 282; 51 Ark. 155; 104 111. App. 499; 131 N. Car. 73; 72 Pac. 670; 78 S. W. 930; 86 N. W. 98; 34 S. E. 1023; 34 S. E. 734. The court excluded appellant’s theory of self-defense. 60 Ark. 80; 28 Ark. 160; 50 Ark. 547; 78 Ky. 268; 14 So. 327; 2 Bish. Cr. L. (6th Ed.), §637. It was appellant’s duty to retreat or make an effort to withdraw, before…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueeoch, J.
Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Conway County for the crime of manslaughter, and upon trial was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, the jury failing to agree upon the punishment, which was fixed by the court at a term of six months in the penitentiary.
1. Appellant complains that the court erred in giving the following instructions: “1. You are instructed that if you find from the evidence- that the defendant stabbed the deceased with a knife, wounding him in the bowels, and that germs entered the incision made by the stab or wound, and peritonitis resulted from the entrance of…
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