Lemon v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Conway County. Hon. John J. Clendenin, Circuit Judge. The indictment is defective in not showing in what the wounding, charged to have been committed by the prisoner, consisted. State vs. Ayedelot, 7 Blaclcf. Rep. 157. And malice against the owner of the animal should have been charged and proven. State vs. Wilcox, 3 Yerg.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Conway County. Hon. John J. Clendenin, Circuit Judge. The indictment is defective in not showing in what the wounding, charged to have been committed by the prisoner, consisted. State vs. Ayedelot, 7 Blaclcf. Rep. 157. And malice against the owner of the animal should have been charged and proven. State vs. Wilcox, 3 Yerg. Rep. 278. The prosecutor was an incompetent witness, on account cf his interest. 3 Pick. 356; 8 lb. 518. The statute, giving damages, applies to cases of malicious poisoning. Sec. 2, ch. 51, Dig. By the 3d section of the same act, it is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hanly
At the June term, 1856, of the Pulaski Circuit Court, the appellant, Elizabeth Lemon, was indicted under the 3d section of the 4th Art. of the 51st chap, of the Digest. On her application, the venue was changed to Conway county, where, at the March term, 1857, she was tried by a jury, convicted, fined $300, and sentenced to imprisonment in the jail for six months. She appealed from this judgment.
The indictment, upon which the appellant was tried and convicted, is in these words:
“ That Elizabeth Lemon, the first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-six,…
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