Cole, Jones, and Bean v. State

Grippin Smith, Chief Justice.

The appellants here were appellants in the case decided October 7, 1946. In the former proceeding they were tried on an indictment charging that by the use of force and violence they prevented Otha Williams from engaging in work as a laborer. The charge was based upon a part of § 1 of Act 193 of 1943. Cole et als. v. State, 210 Ark. 433, 196 S. W. 2d 582. The judgments were reversed and the causes remanded for a new trial because testimony was erroneously admitted.

On remand the indictment was quashed and the defendants went to trial on information filed by the…