Aikin v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Crawford Circuit Court. Jephtha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was indicted on the 22nd, arraigned on the 24th, and his trial set for the 28th of November. On the day of arraignment he made the following application to the clerk of the court to-wit: “APPLICATION TO CLERK. “In the Crawford Circuit Court, ] November Term, 1893. j H. S. Lewers —Please issue subpoena in behalf of defendant in the case of the State of Arkansas against Geo.
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Error to Crawford Circuit Court. Jephtha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was indicted on the 22nd, arraigned on the 24th, and his trial set for the 28th of November. On the day of arraignment he made the following application to the clerk of the court to-wit: “APPLICATION TO CLERK. “In the Crawford Circuit Court, ] November Term, 1893. j H. S. Lewers —Please issue subpoena in behalf of defendant in the case of the State of Arkansas against Geo. Aikin, charged with murder, returnable on Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 1893, for the following witnesses, who are material in…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, and convicted of murder in the second degree, in Crawford circuit court, for the killing of one Dank Davis. Several motions were made for continuance of the cause, which were denied, and which we do not and need not discuss.
1. Right defeadaut t< compulsory process. °f At the beginning of the November term, 1893, of the Crawford circuit court, the judge made, published and had entered of record the following, among other, rules:
“1. The clerk of the court is prohibited from issuing suboenas for more…
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