Rolen v. State

The appellant, Sump Rolen, alias Sumpter Rowland, was indicted by the grand jury of Van Burén County upon a charge of assault with intent to kill and murder one Jake Johnson. Upon trial he was convicted and sentenced for a term of one year in the State penitentiary. To reverse the judgment of conviction, he has appealed.

The errors alleged upon appeal are that the court erred (1) in permitting Jake Johnson to testify in regard to bloodhounds trailing the defendant; (2) that the court erred in a refusal to strike the evidence of the said witness, and in a refusal to direct the jury not to…