Curtis v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Johnson Circuit Court. Hon. S. H. Carter, Special Judge. None of the objections offered to the view of the-grounds, have any substantial basis — citing sees. 1927 and 1928 Gantts Digest, and the case of Benton v. The State, 30 Ark., 328. The instructions asked and given on the part of the state were proper. Those refused on the part of defendant, argued on general principles in support of the court.
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APPEAL from Johnson Circuit Court. Hon. S. H. Carter, Special Judge. None of the objections offered to the view of the-grounds, have any substantial basis — citing sees. 1927 and 1928 Gantts Digest, and the case of Benton v. The State, 30 Ark., 328. The instructions asked and given on the part of the state were proper. Those refused on the part of defendant, argued on general principles in support of the court. The court may, in its discretion, refuse to allow law to-be read to the jury in criminal cases, “as a part of the-argument.” See Winkler v. The State, 32 Ark., 551.
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
At the October term, 1880, of the circuit court of Johnson county, George W. Curtis was indicted for murder in the first degree; the commencement of the indictment being in Code form, and the body charging that said George W. Curtis, on the fourteenth day of August, 1880, in the county of Johnson-, etc., unlawfully, willfully, deliberately, feloniously, of his malice aforethought and with premeditation, did kill and murder one Scott May, then and there being, by then and' there shooting him, the said Scott May, with a certain pistol which he,, the said George W. Curtis, in his hands then and…
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