Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court; J. F. Gautney, Judge; Tbe boundary line between tbe State of Arkansas and tbe State of Missouri separating Greene County from tbe State of Missouri is tbe middle of tbe main channel of tbe St. Francis River. Const.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court; J. F. Gautney, Judge; Tbe boundary line between tbe State of Arkansas and tbe State of Missouri separating Greene County from tbe State of Missouri is tbe middle of tbe main channel of tbe St. Francis River. Const. Ark. 1874, art. 1. Tbe Legislature of tbe State of Arkansas is without authority (even though tbe Legislature of Missouri by a similar enactment concurs therein) to extend tbe criminal jurisdiction of the- courts of tbe State over territory outside tbe boundaries of tbe State of Arkansas, and included within tbe boundaries of tbe State of Missouri.…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Virgil Brown prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of the Greene Circuit Court for the crime of- gaming. The testimony shows that the defendant was guilty of gaming in a house boat tied to a bridge across the St. Francis Biver, between Greene County, Arkansas, and Duncan County, Missouri. At the time the gaming took place, the house boat was two or three hundred feet east of the middle of the main channel of the St. Francis Biver and opposite to and in front of Greene County, Arkansas. Greene County is bounded on the east by the main channel of the St. Francis Biver, and the house…
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