Larkin v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court, Eastern District; J. 8. Maples, Judge; 1. The verdict is contrary to the law. No one shall be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. Const., art. 2, § 8. Appellant was acquitted of the charge at a prior term. The record and proceedings were before the court and it takes judicial knowledge of all former proceedings. 16 Cyc. 917. The evidence of Spriggs et al. was not admissible.
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Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court, Eastern District; J. 8. Maples, Judge; 1. The verdict is contrary to the law. No one shall be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. Const., art. 2, § 8. Appellant was acquitted of the charge at a prior term. The record and proceedings were before the court and it takes judicial knowledge of all former proceedings. 16 Cyc. 917. The evidence of Spriggs et al. was not admissible. Other crimes can not be proven. 197 S. W. 684. 2. It was error to instruct the jury verbally. 71 Ark. 367. Aláo in refusing defendant’s instructions requested. 3. Improper…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Charley J. Larkin Svas indicted for the crime of selling intoxicating liquors without license. He was tried before a jury and convicted, his punishment being fixed at a term of one year in the State penitentiary. From the judgment of conviction he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court. ,
Oscar Hamlin testified that during the fall of 1916, that he saw Charles Larkin at the fair held at Berryville, in the Eastern District of Carroll County, Arkansas; that he did not know Larkin at that time but has since become acquainted with him; that in company with Jim Skelton he went into the…
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