St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court. Styles T. Rowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said court accuses said parties defendant of said crime, committed as follows, to-wit: Said parties defendant, in said county and district, on 30th May, 1899, said St. Louis & San Francisco .Railway Company, being a corporation organized under the state laws of Missouri, and owning and operating a line of railway in…
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court. Styles T. Rowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said court accuses said parties defendant of said crime, committed as follows, to-wit: Said parties defendant, in said county and district, on 30th May, 1899, said St. Louis & San Francisco .Railway Company, being a corporation organized under the state laws of Missouri, and owning and operating a line of railway in Arkansas, and by Huntington, in the Greenwood district of Sebastian county, where a depot is owned and operated by said…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The court is of the opinion that the demurrer to the indictment shouid have been sustained. First, because it does not allege that the defendant railway company was carrying passengers in the state. Second, the indictment does not charge that the defendant had a passenger depot at Huntington.
The statute under which this indictment was found provides that all railway companies carrying passengers in this state shall “provide separate waiting rooms of equal and sufficient accommodations for the two races at all their passenger depots in this state. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882
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