State v. Corbett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Certiorari to Garland Chancery Court. Leland Leatherman, Chancellor. statement by the court. On the 17th October, 1895, C. Y. Teague, prosecuting attorney for the seventh judicial circuit, made and filed his affidavit before W. A; Kirk, one of the justices of the peace within and for Garland county, in substance alleging and charging that one James J. Corbett, in said county, had threatened to engage in a prize fight or glove contest with one Robert Fitzsimmons, and that…
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Certiorari to Garland Chancery Court. Leland Leatherman, Chancellor. statement by the court. On the 17th October, 1895, C. Y. Teague, prosecuting attorney for the seventh judicial circuit, made and filed his affidavit before W. A; Kirk, one of the justices of the peace within and for Garland county, in substance alleging and charging that one James J. Corbett, in said county, had threatened to engage in a prize fight or glove contest with one Robert Fitzsimmons, and that said Corbett threatens and is about to commit an assault and battery upon the person of said Fitzsimmons, the same being of…
1Opinion of the Court
Bunn, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) The principal question in this case arises from the contention of the appellee, and the decision of the chancellor, that the statute digested as sections 1842 and 1843, and commonly known as the “Anti-Prize-Fighting Baw,” is invalid. The argument by which it has been sought to be shown to be invalid is this: The original act entitled “An act to punish and prevent prize fighting in Arkansas” approved March 31, 1891, was invalid as to its second section ; and that renders the corresponding section of the act of April 13, 1893, also invalid, the latter…
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