France v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. Jephtha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant, L. France, was jointly indicted with Charles Clem and Boley Kuykendall for the crime of grand larceny. The indictment charged that, they stole 250. pounds of meat belonging to one Oliver. France and the two other defendants lived a short distance from Van Burén, while Oliver lived about eleven miles north of that place.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. Jephtha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant, L. France, was jointly indicted with Charles Clem and Boley Kuykendall for the crime of grand larceny. The indictment charged that, they stole 250. pounds of meat belonging to one Oliver. France and the two other defendants lived a short distance from Van Burén, while Oliver lived about eleven miles north of that place. The meat was stolen from Oliver’s smoke-house on the night of April 9, 1900. Late in the afternoon of that day these three young men were seen going along a public road which…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
(after stating the facts.) The main contention on this appeal is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict. It is the theory of the prosecution that the accused men stole Oliver’s meat, and used the two horses of Wiyzer to bring it down to Van Burén, or near there! The meat was undoubtedly stolen, and we believe that the thieves used the horses of Wiyzer to carry it away, but who those thieves were the evidence does not show. Leaving out the fact that France and the two other suspected men endeavored to evade arrest, there is nothing in the evidence to connect them with the…
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- Alberty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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