Gooch v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Ft. Smith District; Jolm Brizzolara, Judge; 1. The denial of appellant’s motion for a continuance, after a continuance had been agreed upon between the prosecuting attorney and counsel for the defendant, to enable the defendant to obtain depositions from witnesses in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and after counsel for the State and for the defendant appeared before the court and agreed to continue the cause until the next term, was a manifest abuse of…
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Ft. Smith District; Jolm Brizzolara, Judge; 1. The denial of appellant’s motion for a continuance, after a continuance had been agreed upon between the prosecuting attorney and counsel for the defendant, to enable the defendant to obtain depositions from witnesses in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and after counsel for the State and for the defendant appeared before the court and agreed to continue the cause until the next term, was a manifest abuse of discretion. 2. In indictments for larceny the allegation of ownership is material, and must be proved by sufficient…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
J. A. Gooch prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of conviction against him for the crime of grand larceny charged to have been committed by stealing a Ford touring car in the city of Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
The first assignment of error is, that the trial court erred in refusing to grant the defendant’s motion for a. continuance. Tlie court did not abuse its discretion in overruling tlie motion for a continuance. One ground of the motion is that it was necessary for the defendant to secure depositions from witnesses residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The application failed to disclose the names…
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- Ince v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- State Life Insurance v. FordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Richie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
- Bullen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
- Lambdin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
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