Hearne v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi ‘Circuit Court; W. J. Driver, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Sam Mauldin, the sheriff of Mississippi County was shot to death in the early morning on July 30,1915, while raiding the joint owned by Andy Crum, on Island No. 37, in the Mississippi river, for the purpose of arresting certain offenders for whom he held warrants.
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Appeal from Mississippi ‘Circuit Court; W. J. Driver, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Sam Mauldin, the sheriff of Mississippi County was shot to death in the early morning on July 30,1915, while raiding the joint owned by Andy Crum, on Island No. 37, in the Mississippi river, for the purpose of arresting certain offenders for whom he held warrants. Andy Crum, a white man owned the place, which was conducted for the patronage of negroes principally and consisted of a gambling house operated by Burt Spring, a negro, a saloon oí blind tiger of which Dave Hearne, appellant, was in charge — and a…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). Appellant’s first contention for reversal is that the court erred in denying his right to peremptorily challenge one of the jurors offered after the twenty peremptory challenges allowed by law had already been exercised by the defendants in the case in which he was jointly tried.
It is argued that appellant did not exercise his right of 'challenge at all, was not consulted and did not participate therein, the right being given to Bob Kenton, whom the record shows challenged the twenty jurors. Under our statute, the defendant is entitled to twenty peremptory…
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