Duckworth v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Ashley Circuit Court; George W. Norman, Special Judge; 1. Evidence of the possession of stolen goods is not admissible until it is proved by competent evidence that the goods were stolen. 91 Am. St. Rep. 21; 2 Bishop, Crim. Proc. § 739. 2. The sixth instruction is ambiguous.
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Appeal from Ashley Circuit Court; George W. Norman, Special Judge; 1. Evidence of the possession of stolen goods is not admissible until it is proved by competent evidence that the goods were stolen. 91 Am. St. Rep. 21; 2 Bishop, Crim. Proc. § 739. 2. The sixth instruction is ambiguous. If its meaning is to instruct the jury on the wright of evidence of impeaching witnesses, it invades the province of the jury; if it means that impeaching testimony can only be based on the general reputation of the witness sought to be impeached for truth or morality in the community where he lives, it is…
1Opinion of the Court
BattuU, J.,
The grand jury of Ashley County, at the August, 1905, term of the Ashley Circuit Court, returned into court an indictment against W. A. Duckworth, Branch Duck-worth and George Adams for burglary and larceny. The defendants moved the court to require the State to elect the offense charged in the indictment for which they should be tried. The, court sustained the motion, and the State elected larceny. The defendants, W. A. and Branch Duckworth, were arraigned and pleaded not guilty, were tried and convicted. They moved for a new trial, upon a denial of which they appealed.
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