McAlister v. State

About 5:30 a. m., April 7, 1943, a police officer in Malvern, Arkansas, arrested one Richard Smith and placed him in a cell already occupied by appellant. A search of Smith, made by the officer, revealed that he had on his person seventeen dollars, which, after being counted, was returned to Smith. .The officer testified that appellant was awake and watched him count the money; this was denied by appellant. About an hour after Smith was placed in the cell appellant (who' was working out a fine) was taken from the cell and put to work cleaning up the jail. Still later in the morning he was…