Brewer v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge, There was no error in the second instruction, and the eighth requested by the defendant was properly modified. Bishop’s New Crim. Law § § 878-882; 1 Wharton, Crim. Law (10 ed.), § § 901-907; 3 Cox, C. C. 453; 33 Conn. 260; 8 Tex. App. 40; 19 Mo. 249; 116 Mass. 42; 29 O. St. 184.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The grand jury of Jackson County returned an indictment against defendant, Trigger Brewer, upon two counts, one charging him with the crime of grand larceny in stealing forty dollars in money, the property of J. B. Pritchard, and the other charging him with the crime of receiving stolen property. On a change of venue to Independence County he was tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and appeals to this court.
The prosecuting witness testified, in substance, that he was a traveling salesman, and that one evening about 6:30 o’clock at Newport, in Jackson County, he entered the…
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