Marshall v. State

William Marshall was indicted and convicted of the crime of burglary, and has appealed from the judgment rendered.

Counsel for the defendant calls our attention to an alleged defect in the indictment, and urges a reversal on this account. No demurrer to the indictment was filed. A motion in arrest of judgment was made, but our statute provides that the only ground upon which the judgment should be arrested is that the facts stated in the indictment do not constitute a public offense within the jurisdiction of the court. Kirby’s Digest, § 2427; Ince v. State, 77 Ark. 426.

Tested by this rule,…