Counts v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; The State wholly failed to prove the corpus delicti. The corpus delicti must be proven. 253 Mo. 487; 161 S. W. 705; 98 Miss. 723 ; 54 So. 241. The court erred in permitting hearsay evidence to go to the jury, it being prejudicial to appellant. 45 Ark. 232; 45 Ark. 135. The motion for new trial should have been granted •because the jury were permitted to leave the courthouse without receiving admonition from the cdurt.…
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Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; The State wholly failed to prove the corpus delicti. The corpus delicti must be proven. 253 Mo. 487; 161 S. W. 705; 98 Miss. 723 ; 54 So. 241. The court erred in permitting hearsay evidence to go to the jury, it being prejudicial to appellant. 45 Ark. 232; 45 Ark. 135. The motion for new trial should have been granted •because the jury were permitted to leave the courthouse without receiving admonition from the cdurt. 68 Ark. 403. The testimony was .amply sufficient to prove the corpus delicti. 28 L. R. A. (N.S.) 538, note; 1- Okla.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was jointly indicted with one Walter Sheffield for the crime of arson alleged to have been committed by burning a bam, the property of one W. T. Sheffield.
The State depended upon circumstantial .evidence for a conviction 'and appellant questions the sufficiency of this evidence to support the verdict of the jury, finding him guilty of that charge. Among the circumstances offered in proof was evidence concerning certain tracks alleged to have been made by appellant 'and his companion and certain horse‘tracks alleged to have been made by the horses which they rode on the night of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Polk v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- Chapline v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Benton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Wiley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Gill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
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- Stacy v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957
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