Pratt v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton; Judge. The motion for continuance should have been granted. 71 Ark. 180; 60 Ark. 564; 62 Ark. 286; 57 Ark. 165. The closing remarks of counsel for the State were improper. 70 Ark. 305, 183; 61 Ark. 138; 71 Ark. 183; 62 Ark. 516; 58 Ark. 473; 65 Ark. 389; 22 S. W. 369; 58 Ark. 353; 58 Ark. 368; 76 N. W. 462.
1Opinion of the CourtHiel, C. J.
Roy Pratt was indicted for murder in the second degree, and was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at four years in the penitentiary, and he has appealed.
Marion Brewer was very drunk last Christmas, and in a maudlin condition went into the livery stable of C. L. Pratt, father of appellant, Roy Pratt, where both father and son were. They had just returned from Searcy, where they ran hacks from Higginson (their residence), and were unhitching the horses from the hacks when Brewer came in. His first diversion was to rake the door with his knife, and his next…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Magness v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Day v. FergusonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
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- Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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