Perry v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; Tbe bill passed by both Houses is not the bill signed by the Governor. The records are conclusive of this. The courts are the judges and must determine whether the act ever became a law. 103 Ark. 46. See also 19 Ark. 256; 44 Id. 548; 90 Id. 176; 32 Id. 414; 34 Id. 263; 6 Wall, 499; 40 Id. 221; 32 Id. 496; 72 Id, 565; 41 Id. 475; 33 Id. 17; 40 Id. 200; 41 Id. 475; Cooley Const.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; Tbe bill passed by both Houses is not the bill signed by the Governor. The records are conclusive of this. The courts are the judges and must determine whether the act ever became a law. 103 Ark. 46. See also 19 Ark. 256; 44 Id. 548; 90 Id. 176; 32 Id. 414; 34 Id. 263; 6 Wall, 499; 40 Id. 221; 32 Id. 496; 72 Id, 565; 41 Id. 475; 33 Id. 17; 40 Id. 200; 41 Id. 475; Cooley Const. Lim., 135; 49 Id 333. There is a variance between the bill passed and the one signed. Section 6 provides that the act shall not be…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted, in the Chickasawba District of the Mississippi Circuit Court, for permitting* a cow to run at large contrary to the provisions of Act No. 154, Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas of 1919, approved March 1, 1919.
Appellant defended on the ground that the act, as approved by the Governor, was not the same act passed by the two Houses of the Legislature.
The cause was submitted to the court, sitting as a jury, upon the following agreed statement of facts:
“That the defendant (appellant) John Perry did, on the first day of April, 1919,…
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