Page v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; 1. A hatchet is not necessarily a deadly weapon. 16 S. W. 257- 2. The State must prove the assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to inflict bodily injury, etc.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; 1. A hatchet is not necessarily a deadly weapon. 16 S. W. 257- 2. The State must prove the assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to inflict bodily injury, etc. Kirby’s Digest, § 15§3- 3. The court allowed incompetent, improper and prejudicial testimony to go to the jury without -even rebuke. 4. It was error to refuse the charge that the fact that defendant was a negro and the prosecuting witness a white man should have no effect in determining the guilt or innocence of defendant. Suggest error in this: (1) incompetent and…
1Opinion of the CourtHire, C. J.
The grand jury of Garland County indicted J. D. Page for an assault with a deadly weapon committed upon J. H. Scroggins. He was convicted, and has appealed. Page is a negro lawyer, and Scroggins is a white lawyer, and each is a notary public. Thejr had offices in the same building, and for many years exchanged professional favors and services. Scroggins gave Page an affidavit which he had drawn, and which he desired signed and sworn to by Dr. Hornor, and requested Page to take the affidavit as a notary public. Scroggins thereafter asked him for it several times, and Page told him that he had…
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