Riley v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Boone 'Circuit 'Court; John I. Worthington, Judge; 1. It was error to admit evidence of a custom. 86 Ark. 356; 92 S. W. 1081. 2. The evidence was insufficient and the indictment was bad. 67 Ark. 308; 93 Id. 81; 95 Id. 48; 94 Id. 242; 80 Id. 314; 12 Id. 608; 38 Id. 579 ; 47 Id. 49'2; 29 Id. 68; 27 Id. 360; 86 Id. 356; 12 So. 584; 59 Miss. 179; 66 L. R. A. 604; 30 N. C. 271; Kirby’s Dig. § 1732; 13 Ark. 681; 86 Ark. 353; 106 Ark. 488; 18 B. Mon. 35; 10 Tex.
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Appeal from Boone 'Circuit 'Court; John I. Worthington, Judge; 1. It was error to admit evidence of a custom. 86 Ark. 356; 92 S. W. 1081. 2. The evidence was insufficient and the indictment was bad. 67 Ark. 308; 93 Id. 81; 95 Id. 48; 94 Id. 242; 80 Id. 314; 12 Id. 608; 38 Id. 579 ; 47 Id. 49'2; 29 Id. 68; 27 Id. 360; 86 Id. 356; 12 So. 584; 59 Miss. 179; 66 L. R. A. 604; 30 N. C. 271; Kirby’s Dig. § 1732; 13 Ark. 681; 86 Ark. 353; 106 Ark. 488; 18 B. Mon. 35; 10 Tex. App. 377; 27 Id. 310; 32 N. J. L. 158; 17 Ohio St. 32; 39 M-o. 420; 75 Ind. 586; etc. 1. The bill of exceptions was not filed…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Appellant was indicted as follows: “The grand jury of Boone County, in the name 'and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, acorase J. Riley of the crime of exhibiting a gambling device, committed as follows, to-wit: The said J. Riley in the county and State aforesaid, on the 10th day of September, A. D., 1914, being then and there the occupant of a certain house, in the City of Harrison, in said county and State, did then and there unlawfully and knowingly set up, keep and exhibit a certain gambling device adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing a game of chance and in…
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