Value v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson' Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; Having charged the corrupt use of “silver and paper money,” it devolved upon the State to prove the corrupt use of one or the other. 68 Ark. 583; 60 Ark. 141; 58 Ark. 2-12; .71 Ark. 415; 62 Ark. 538. There is a fatal variance between the allegations and the proof in this, that the indictment alleges the acceptance and receipt by appellant of -fifteen dollars, lawful money of the United States, paper money and…
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Appeal from Jefferson' Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; Having charged the corrupt use of “silver and paper money,” it devolved upon the State to prove the corrupt use of one or the other. 68 Ark. 583; 60 Ark. 141; 58 Ark. 2-12; .71 Ark. 415; 62 Ark. 538. There is a fatal variance between the allegations and the proof in this, that the indictment alleges the acceptance and receipt by appellant of -fifteen dollars, lawful money of the United States, paper money and silver money,” etc., whereas the proof shows that he received “five dollars,” without showing that it was either paper or…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
The defendant, Robert Value, appeals from a judgment of conviction for the crime of bribery under an indictment charging him, while being a school director of a certain district in Jefferson County, with having received a bribe of “fifteen dollars, lawful money of the United States,” quoting from the indictment, “paper money and silver money of the value of fifteen dollars, to influence him, the said Robert Value, as such school director, to give his consent, support, influence and vote to the employment of said Geneva -Lucas as a teacher,” etc, The evidence adduced at the trial tended to…
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