Legal Opinion

Edmonson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 15, 1888PublishedCited by 15 opinions

APPEAL from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. G. S. Cunningham, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.

1. Criminal Law: Finding of jury as to accomplice. The appellant was convicted of burglary. There was no-exception or objection of any kind to any ruling of the trial court, except in refusing to grant the accused a new trial. The several grounds set up in the motion for a new trial all go to the same question, viz: Is the proof sufficient to-sustain the verdict? It is not pretended that the offence was not committed. The county treasurer’s safe had been blown open, and several thousand dollars of the county funds stolen. The defendant’s complicity in the crime was directly testified to by…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miller v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
  2. Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  3. Commonwealth v. FordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Olles v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  2. Hummel v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
  3. Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  5. Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967

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