Carroll v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Will P. Feazel, Judge. It was error to deny the motion for continuance. Sand. & H. Dig. § 2157; 60 Ark. 564; 62; Ark. 286; 62 Ark. 543; 67 Ark. 290. The indictment was insufficient. 26 Ark. 324. It was error to exclude the testimony with reference to statements of the deceased before the killing. Sand. & H. Dig. §§2113, 2958; 42 Ark. 542. The remarks of counsel were improper. 62 Ark. 516. The indictment was sufficient. 1 McClain, Or.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. Will P. Feazel, Judge. It was error to deny the motion for continuance. Sand. & H. Dig. § 2157; 60 Ark. 564; 62; Ark. 286; 62 Ark. 543; 67 Ark. 290. The indictment was insufficient. 26 Ark. 324. It was error to exclude the testimony with reference to statements of the deceased before the killing. Sand. & H. Dig. §§2113, 2958; 42 Ark. 542. The remarks of counsel were improper. 62 Ark. 516. The indictment was sufficient. 1 McClain, Or. L. § 382; 60 Ark. 564; 29 Ark. 225.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is an indictment in the Pike circuit court for murder in the second degree against Lee Carroll, the appellant. The indictment, omitting mere formal parts, reads as follows, to-wit:
“The said Lee Carroll, in the county and state aforesaid, on the 2d day of November, A. D., 1901, did feloniously and with malice aforethought kill and murder W. B. Porterfield by shooting him on the head and body of him, the said W. B. Porterfield, with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and leaden bullets, from the effect of which wounds he died on the ,2d day of November, 1901, against the peace and dignity of…
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