Legal Opinion

Maloney v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 4, 1909PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court; George TV. Hays, Judge; 1. The indictment is sufficient in form fully to apprise the appellant of the particular crime with which he stood charged and against which he should defend himself. It fully meets the requirements of the statute.

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Appeal from Ouachita Circuit Court; George TV. Hays, Judge; 1. The indictment is sufficient in form fully to apprise the appellant of the particular crime with which he stood charged and against which he should defend himself. It fully meets the requirements of the statute. Kirby’s Digest, § 1712. And a conviction or acquittal under it would prevent the State from putting the defendant in jeopardy a second time for the same offense. 5 Ark. 444; 19 Ark. 6x3; 73 Ark. 487. 2. If there was any error in admitting the testimony of the witness Ketchum, that was waived. Moreover, it was not…

1Opinion of the CourtFrauenThal, J.

The defendant, Frank Maloney, was convicted of the crime of uttering a forged writing, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years; and from the judgment of conviction he prosecutes this appeal. The indictment upon which he was tried, with the caption omitted, was as follows:

“The grand jury of Ouachita County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, on oath, accuse the defendant, Frank Maloney, of the crime of uttering a forged writing, committed as follows, towit:
“The said defendant, on the 9th day of' April, 1909, in Ouachita County, Arkansas, did…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Vaughan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
  2. Brazil v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Shackelford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
  4. Elsey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  3. Lyman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1920
  4. Rowley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
  5. Love v. CahnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909

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