State v. Alexander & Moore
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court, Southern Division; J. M. Jackson, Judge; Tbe court erred in sustaining tbe demurrer. In ■the eye of tbe law tbe parties were guilty of larceny in every county into which tbe stolen property was carried. Kirby’s Dig., § § 2090, 2091, 2095; 54 Ark 621; 58 Ark 513; 97 Ark 414; 11 Wharton’s Crim.
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Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court, Southern Division; J. M. Jackson, Judge; Tbe court erred in sustaining tbe demurrer. In ■the eye of tbe law tbe parties were guilty of larceny in every county into which tbe stolen property was carried. Kirby’s Dig., § § 2090, 2091, 2095; 54 Ark 621; 58 Ark 513; 97 Ark 414; 11 Wharton’s Crim. Law, Kerr’s Edition, § 1166; 74 Pac. 1086; 63 Pue. 596; 11 Cush. 483; 1 Car. & P. 127; 2 Russell, Crimes, 329; 15 L. R. A. 722; 14 Id. 559. The Constitution provides that “in all criminal prosecutions ¡the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The' State has appealed from a judgment of the circuit court sustaining a demurrer to an indictment for larceny. The foody of the indictment is as follows:
“Then 'and' there unlawfully, and feloniously did steal, take and carry away one cow, the personal property of Mary Patton, a resident of Monroe county, and did then .and there unlawfully and feloniously, in the county of Monroe and State of Arkansas, unlawfully and feloniously take and receive with the unlawful and felonious intent then and there to take, steal .and carry away said cow, did unlawfully and feloniously, with the unlawful…
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