Pearrow v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; STATEMENT OE EACTS. Clyde Pearrow was indicted for the crime of burglary and grand larceny charged to have been committed by breaking into some box cars owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and' taking therefrom some dress goods, window shades and cigarettes. Lotis Loekaby was a witness for. the State.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; STATEMENT OE EACTS. Clyde Pearrow was indicted for the crime of burglary and grand larceny charged to have been committed by breaking into some box cars owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and' taking therefrom some dress goods, window shades and cigarettes. Lotis Loekaby was a witness for. the State. According to his testimony, Clyde Pearrow, Clark Pearrow, Monroe Price and himself broke into a box car belonging to the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company on its right-of-way near the town of ¡Bald Knob in White County, Arkansas,…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It is earnestly contended by counsel for the defendant that the judgment should be reversed because the trial court admitted in evidence the affidavits of the defendant to the effect that he and other persons had broken into box cars belonging to the railroad company and had taken therefrom goods at other times than that charged in the indictment. Counsel contends that the defendant’s connection with these crimes had nothing whatever to do with the crime for which he was being tried, and that its admission as evidence in the case at bar constituted error calling for…
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