Halley v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel lion, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, Jim Halley, was indicted for the crime of assault with intent to kill, alleged to have been committed by cutting his wife with a razor. The defendant and his wife are colored people. The alleged assault occurred at the home of the defendant. The defendant and a companion named Arthur Hill came to the defendant’s house one night after his wife had gone to bed.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel lion, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The defendant, Jim Halley, was indicted for the crime of assault with intent to kill, alleged to have been committed by cutting his wife with a razor. The defendant and his wife are colored people. The alleged assault occurred at the home of the defendant. The defendant and a companion named Arthur Hill came to the defendant’s house one night after his wife had gone to bed. She got up and let them in' and got back in bed. Her husband complained about her being so long in opening the door and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). The indictment alleges that the assault was made unlawfully and feloniously, with malice aforethought, and after premeditation and deliberation. This was sufficient, and the court did not err in refusing to sustain the demurrer to the indictment. Section 1588 of Kirby’s Digest; Dillard v. State, 65 Ark. 404.
The defendant in his motion for a new trial assigns as error the action of the court in admitting certain evidence. We do not deem it necessary to set out the testimony or more particularly refer to it. It is sufficient to say that we have examined the…
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- McClellan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1877
- Young v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Burris v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1881
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