Cummings v. State

Ed. P. MoPaddin, Associate Justice.

The appellants, Jesse Cummings and John Teal, were jointly charged, tried, and convicted of the possession of burglary tools (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1006 [Repl. 1964]). They bring this appeal assigning nine points for reversal, and we will mention only those which seem to possess any merit.

I. Habitual Criminal Statute. In their Point No. II the appellants say:

“The Court erred in denying the motion of the Defendant, John Teal, to withhold reading of that part of the amended information relative to a charge against the said John Teal of being an habitual…