Poindexter v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court; B. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On March 11,1913, one Benningfield was being tried in the circuit court of Lawrence County on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. The attorneys present representing the defendant were L. B. Poindexter and Oscar Blackford. L. C. Going, one of the attorneys for the defendant, was not present while the jury was being selected.
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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court; B. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On March 11,1913, one Benningfield was being tried in the circuit court of Lawrence County on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. The attorneys present representing the defendant were L. B. Poindexter and Oscar Blackford. L. C. Going, one of the attorneys for the defendant, was not present while the jury was being selected. He arrived at Walnut Ridge about 2 o ’clock Thursday morning, March 13,1913. He found all the rooms of the Rhea Hotel occupied, and there was no other hotel in town.…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). As we said in Ex parte Winn, 105 Ark. 190, “No question is raised here as to the form in which a review by this court is sought. Therefore, we pretermit any discussion of that question, as the case may he treated as being here either on appeal or on writ of certiorari.”
The information under the official oath of the prosecuting attorney and the citation directed by the judge to be issued by the clerk, setting forth the information showing the grounds upon which the petitioners were cited to appear and show cause why they should not be dealt with for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Ex parte WinnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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