Cegars v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Arkansas Circuit Court, Northern District; George W. -Clark, Judge; The indictment is fatally defective, in that it did not set out the district. 14 B. C. L. 181; 1 Bish. Crim. Proc. 875; 22 Cyc. 310; Std. Enc. of Procedure, Yol. 12, p. 429; 92 Cal. 277; 28 Pac. 270; 228 111. 581; 81 N. E. 1129; 10 Humph. (Tenn,) 615; 1 Va. Cas. 1. See .also, 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 131. The indictment was bad for uncertainty. Std.
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Appeal from Arkansas Circuit Court, Northern District; George W. -Clark, Judge; The indictment is fatally defective, in that it did not set out the district. 14 B. C. L. 181; 1 Bish. Crim. Proc. 875; 22 Cyc. 310; Std. Enc. of Procedure, Yol. 12, p. 429; 92 Cal. 277; 28 Pac. 270; 228 111. 581; 81 N. E. 1129; 10 Humph. (Tenn,) 615; 1 Va. Cas. 1. See .also, 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 131. The indictment was bad for uncertainty. Std. Ency. of Procedure, Yol. 12, p. 428; 29 Fla. 455 ; 10 Sou. 891; 8 N. J. L. 307; 18 Tex. 391; 39 Me. 291; 26 Neb. 263; 20 Mo. 411; C. & M. Dig. Secs. 3212-13; 14 B. C. L.…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
George Cegars prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment and sentence of conviction against him upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of murder in the first degree.
It is earnestly insisted by counsel for the defendant that the judgment should be reversed because of a defect in the indictment charging the venue of the crime. The indictment is as follows:
State of Arkansas Against George Cegars
In the Arkansas County Circuit Court, Northern District, August Term A.D. 1921.
The grand jury of the Northern District of Arkansas County, in the name and by the authority of the State of…
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