Simon v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; Players in a card game are accomplices. Crawford & Moses’ Digest, § 2308; 16 C. J. 670 to 672; 36 Ark. 126: 90 Ark. 460; 130 Ark: 353; 141 Ark. 421; 129 Pac. 78; 43 L. B. A. (N. S.) 546 and cases cited. . . A conviction in a felony case cannot be had upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; Players in a card game are accomplices. Crawford & Moses’ Digest, § 2308; 16 C. J. 670 to 672; 36 Ark. 126: 90 Ark. 460; 130 Ark: 353; 141 Ark. 421; 129 Pac. 78; 43 L. B. A. (N. S.) 546 and cases cited. . . A conviction in a felony case cannot be had upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. Crawford & Moses’ Digest, § 3181. Whether or not a witness is an accomplice of the accused is a mixed question of law and fact. 51 Ark. 115; 63 Ark. 462; 111 Ark. 299. And defendant was entitled to have the question submitted to the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The appellant was convicted under an indictment which charged that he “unlawfully and felo-niously did keep, conduct and operate, and was interested directly and indirectly in keeping, conducting and operating a gambling house or place where gambling was carried on in a certain building on Central Avenue in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and known as the Arkansas Cigar Store, and was interested directly and indirectly in keeping, conducting and operating said' gambling house by furnishing money and other articles for the purpose of carrying on said gambling house, against the peace and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Levering v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- State v. DurnamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- State v. GordonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- State v. WakelyMontana Supreme Court · 1911
3Cited by11 opinions
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Satterfield v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
- McGehee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
- Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
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