Seaton v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court; George W. Clark, Judge; The competency of evidence admitted without objection in the trial court will not be considered on appeal. 76 Ark. 276; 130 Ark.
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Appeal from Lonoke Circuit Court; George W. Clark, Judge; The competency of evidence admitted without objection in the trial court will not be considered on appeal. 76 Ark. 276; 130 Ark. Ill; Cegars v. State, 150 Ark. 648. Where no objection is made to a misleading instruction, a reversal will not be granted on this ground. 93 Ark. 209; 111 Ark. 196; 136 Ark. 272’. The court instructed the jury to disregard that part of the prosecuting attorney’s argument which was objected to, and the presumption is that the jury obeyed the instruction of the court. 100 Ark. 437.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Calvin Seaton prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of conviction against him under sec. 2720 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest for carnally knowing a female under the age of sixteen years.
At the trial below, the defendant denied that he had had sexual intercourse with the prosecuting witness, and now earnestly insists that the evidence for the State is not sufficient to warrant a conviction.
The prosecuting witness was the step-daughter of the defendant, and was past 14 years of age when she testified at the trial of the case in September, 1921. According to her testimony she was past…
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