Arnold v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

Bernard Arnold was convicted of robbery (§ 41-3601, Ark. Stats.) and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He brings this appeal and his motion for new trial contains nine assignments, which we group and discuss in convenient topic headings.

I. Sufficiency Of The Evidence. The prosecuting witness, Walter James, a Negro man 72 years of age, lived in Garland City in Miller County, and had known the accused, Bernard Arnold, for many years. James testified that about 9:30 p.m. on a certain night he was in bed when he was awakened by someone having a…