Temple v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court; Turner Butler, Judge; 1. The special venire should have been discharged and set aside. 2. After the defendant’s peremptory challenges were exhausted, it was error to allow the State to challenge two jurors. 3. The record of deeds is not admissible unless the originals are shown to have been lost or mislaid.
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Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court; Turner Butler, Judge; 1. The special venire should have been discharged and set aside. 2. After the defendant’s peremptory challenges were exhausted, it was error to allow the State to challenge two jurors. 3. The record of deeds is not admissible unless the originals are shown to have been lost or mislaid. No foundation was laid and the record does not show that the deed contained all the lands included in alleged forged deed. 4. Incompetent evidence was admitted. 5. The burden was upon the State to prove title. Material allegations must be proved as laid…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was convicted under an indictment which charged him with uttering a forged instrument. The material allegations of the indictment are that he “did utter and publish as true to B. L. Beasley, a helper and employee in the office of G. K. Watkins, who is clerk of Bradley County Circuit Court and the recorder of deeds for Bradley County, * * * with the felonious intent then and there to file and have recorded a forged and fraudulent deed in the deed records for Bradley county, with the felonious intent then and there unlawfully, fraudulently, and feloniously to defraud the said lumber…
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- McGough v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
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- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Fenix v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
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