Gray v. Independence County

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). In the case of Allen v. State, 32 Ark. 241, this court held that our statute providing for the suspension from office by the circuit court of any county or township officer against whom an indictment has been found for any of the crimes mentioned in the statute, until the charge is tried, is not unconstitutional.

In Sumpter v. State, 81 Ark. 60, an earnest effort was made to induce the court to overrule its decision in that case. The court declined to do so, and, in a well considered opinion, reaffirmed the rule established by its former decision.

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