Brumley v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Polk County.. Hon. Len. G. Green, Circuit Judge. moved for a perpetual supersedeas, and cited the cases of Dunn vs. The State, 2 Ark. 230; Gregg vs. Cooke, Peck’s Rep. 82; Galushavs. Butterfield, 2 Scam. 227, to the point that the judgment was void.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
It appears affirmatively by the record, which is brought here by appeal, that Daniel Brumley was convicted of murder, and sentenced to the penitentiary, at a term of the Circuit Court of Polk county, begun and held on the first Monday in March, 1859 — being the time fixed by act of December 6, 1850, for holding said Court.
By act of the General Assembly, approved February 17th, 1859, the time of holding the Circuit Courts of the sixth judicial circuit was changed. The act provides that the Circuit Court of Polk county, “ shall hereafter be held, etc., on the last Mondays in February and August…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dunn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1840
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