Hydrick v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; 1. The judgment should be reversed for misconduct of the jury in being improperly influenced in having and reading the article in a newspaper highly prejudicial to an impartial trial. Clark, Cr. Pro., § 179, p. 474; 59 S. E. 249; 86 Pac. 1100; Id. 889; 61 N. W. 179; 105 Fed. 371; 29 Ark. 248; 44 Ark. 118; 57 Id. 8; 5 Pac.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; 1. The judgment should be reversed for misconduct of the jury in being improperly influenced in having and reading the article in a newspaper highly prejudicial to an impartial trial. Clark, Cr. Pro., § 179, p. 474; 59 S. E. 249; 86 Pac. 1100; Id. 889; 61 N. W. 179; 105 Fed. 371; 29 Ark. 248; 44 Ark. 118; 57 Id. 8; 5 Pac. Co. Rep. 236; 12 Phil. 576; 71 Miss. 82; 12 Pac. 272; 37 Id. 207; 2 O. St. 54; Kirby’s Dig., § 2393-5. 2. Instruction No. 1, asked by the defendant, should have been given on the question of reasonable doubt. 89 Miss.…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
The defendant, I. P. Hydrick, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged with killing one Lee Mercing on July 22, 1911. He was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at eleven years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary. In his motion for a new trial, the defendant assigned a number of errors on account of which the judgment of conviction should be reversed, but on this appeal his counsel have only pressed the following specially upon our attention: (1) On account of the misconduct of the jury, resulting in their being…
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