Hudley v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. Hon. X. J. Pindall, Circuit Judge. Plea before change of venue not essential. Harman v. The State, 11 Ind., 312. ITe submitted to the court, whether the want of the seal of the clerk of Desha to the transcript, vitiated the proceedings, or whether it could be, and was, properly supplied afterwards.
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
At the March term, 1880, of the circuit court of Desha county, Charles Hudley vvas indicted for murder in the first degree; the indictment charging, in the usual form, that he murdered Abraham1 Maxwell by shooting him with a double-barrel shotgun.
The defendant was arrested on capias, and on his motion the case was continued to the second day of the next term, and the clerk was ordered to serve him with a copy of the indictment.
At the September term, 1880, on the application of the prisoner, and before arraignment, the court made an order changing the venue to the circuit court of Jefferson…
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