Legal Opinion

Fife v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 15, 1876PublishedCited by 41 opinions

ERROR to Jefferson Circuit Court. Hon. J. A. Williams, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

English, Ch. J.:

Alfred Fife, the plaintiff in error, was charged, before a justice of the peace of Jefferson County, with carrying a pistol as a weapon, contrary to the act of 16th February, 1875, convicted, and appealed to the Circuit Court, where he was tried anew, and again found guilty ; moved for a new trial, which was refused; final judgment rendered against him for the fine imposed by the jury, and he brought error.

One witness testified, on the trial, that he was walking down a street in Pine Bluff, about the 17th of September, 1875, when he met plaintiff in company with one Terry,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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