Hoard v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court; Charles W. Smith, Judge;
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
The defendant, W. H. Hoard, was indicted by the grand jury of Ouachita County for murder in the first degree for killing Ely Ford by shooting him with a pistol. On a trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. From this judgment he appealed.
The defendant and Ford were negro barbers, working in the same shop. Some altercation having arisen between them, Ford, who was the larger man of the two, started towards the defendant with a stick in his hand, and defendant shot him twice with a pistol. At the time the shots were fired…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Palmore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1874
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Magness v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- United States v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Scoggin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
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- Satterwhite v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
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