Bradshaw v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court; George W. Hays, Judge; Instructions should be harmonious, else they are calculated to confuse and mislead the jury. 55 Ark. 397; Sackett, Inst, to Juries, 25; 89 Ark. 217. An instruction not applicable to the evidence is erroneous. 90 Ark. 573. The testimony of the witnesses as to the dying declaration was competent and admissible. 68 Ark. 355; 75 Ark. 142; Wharton on Horn., 971.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
A. L. Bradshaw was indicted by the grand jury of Union County for the crime of murder in the first degree. He filed a petition for a change of venue, 'which was granted, and the cause was sent to the circuit court of Columbia County for trial. He was there tried and convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being fixed by the jury at a term of five years in the State penitentiary. From the judgment rendered Bradshaw has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.
On the 5th day of November, 1907, A. I. Watson married Victoria Bradshaw, the daughter of appellant, in Union County,…
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