Hudson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; JepTha H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, John Hudson, was indicted by the grand jury of Crawford County for the crime of murder in the second degree for killing John Colvard by shooting him with a pistol. On the trial the evidence showed that Hudson and John Colvard lived in the same house. They were both young men. Colvard was married, and Hudson was boarding with him.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; JepTha H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, John Hudson, was indicted by the grand jury of Crawford County for the crime of murder in the second degree for killing John Colvard by shooting him with a pistol. On the trial the evidence showed that Hudson and John Colvard lived in the same house. They were both young men. Colvard was married, and Hudson was boarding with him. In October, 1904, they went in a wagon with one Steele to Alma. They each drank considerable whisky while there. On their return in the wagon with Steele each of them…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by defendant Hudson from a judgment convicting him of manslaughter. While the killing of Colvard was the result of a drunken quarrel, in which he and defendant engaged, it is clear that the killing was not justifiable, and defendant was guilty of either manslaughter or murder. The instructions given by the court fully and fairly covered the law of the case. The instruction in reference to the testimony of the defendant follows very closely the law as stated by this court in Hamilton v. State, 62 Ark. 543. Beginning with the case of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vaughan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
3Cited by4 opinions
- Giles v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Ridgel v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Whitener v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915