State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Baxter Circuit Court. Charles A. Phillips, Special Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. At the September term, 1902, of the Baxter circuit court, the grand jury returned against appellee and Polk Hall the following indictment, omitting the caption: “The grand jury of Baxter county, in the name and by the authority of the state of Arkansas, accuse Will Smith and Polk Hall of the crime of violating the stock laws, committed as follows, to-wit: The said Will Smith and…
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Appeal from Baxter Circuit Court. Charles A. Phillips, Special Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. At the September term, 1902, of the Baxter circuit court, the grand jury returned against appellee and Polk Hall the following indictment, omitting the caption: “The grand jury of Baxter county, in the name and by the authority of the state of Arkansas, accuse Will Smith and Polk Hall of the crime of violating the stock laws, committed as follows, to-wit: The said Will Smith and Polk Hall, in the county and state aforesaid, on the 4th day of July, 1901, did then and there unlawfully permit a large…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts). The indictment in this case charges a violation of section 7234," Sandels & HilFs Digest, by the herding and grazing of cattle, and permitting them to run at large upon the lands in this state, by a non-resident, a citizen of the state of Missouri. The defendant demurred to the indictment upon the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, which demurrer was sustained by the court, over the objections of the defendant, to which he excepted, filed a motion for a new trial, which the court overruled, to which the…
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