Ward v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; statement by the court. The grand jury of Lee County indicted Henry Ward for the crime of murder in the first degree. He went to trial under a plea of not guilty, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at 21 years in.the penitentiary.
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Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; statement by the court. The grand jury of Lee County indicted Henry Ward for the crime of murder in the first degree. He went to trial under a plea of not guilty, and was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at 21 years in.the penitentiary. The following testimony was adduced at the trial: Tsaac Hicks: “I was at home on the day that George Fields was killed by Henry Ward in front of my house. The night before me and Mr. Caleb Johnson, Henry and George Fields were at my home, and a crap game was going on.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Appellant has not filed a brief for the assistance of'the court in this case. Hence we do not know upon what assignments of error he is most confident for a reversal, and have given to each of them such consideration as we think it deserves.
The 5th, 10th, and nth grounds may be considered together, They are based upon the examination of the witness Hicks as follows:. “Q. Don’t you know what is likely to happen to you to swear something wron'g; that you are liable to go to the penitentiary?” (Objected to by defendant.)
The court: “He has a right' to get the…
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