Vaughan v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. Howard S. McDaniee, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. W. A. Gage was assassinated at his home in Madison county, September 26, 1891. He was fired upon by some one in ambush, as he was returning to his house from his horse-lot, and instantly killed. Tracks leading to and from the place of the killing were discovered. Those leading- away were made by a person in sock feet.
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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. Howard S. McDaniee, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. W. A. Gage was assassinated at his home in Madison county, September 26, 1891. He was fired upon by some one in ambush, as he was returning to his house from his horse-lot, and instantly killed. Tracks leading to and from the place of the killing were discovered. Those leading- away were made by a person in sock feet. Those leading up to where the assassin stood were made with shoes having plates or irons upon the heels. The shoes of one Thomas Hamilton were compared with the tracks, and found to fit…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Fully appreciating the importance of this case, and the consequences to the defendant of an affirmance of the judgment, we have given every assignment of error presented by this record our careful consideration. Some of them have been of easy solution, on account of the former adjudication of this court in this case upon the same questi'ons, and by reason of the long and well established doctrine announced by it upon similar questions in other cases.
1. The first and last assignments, in the order presented by counsel, complain of errors in impaneling the…
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