State v. Petty
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greenwood, District Court. Indictment for murder, charging George W. Petty with the felonious killing of Eobert Clark, at the county of Greenwood, in May, 1866. At the May Term, 1878, of the district court, Petty was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced accordingly. lie now appeals to this court.
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Appeal from Greenwood, District Court. Indictment for murder, charging George W. Petty with the felonious killing of Eobert Clark, at the county of Greenwood, in May, 1866. At the May Term, 1878, of the district court, Petty was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced accordingly. lie now appeals to this court. T. L. Davis, for appellant, maintained that the court erred in admitting the testimony of the witnesses Kellogg, Guffey and the two Hoovers in regard to what Mrs. Clark had told them concerning the murder of her husband; that their testimony was simply hearsay…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The appellant was indicted -in May, 1870, for the alleged murder of one Robert Clark, in May, 1866, and was convicted in the court below of murder in the first ■degree, at the May term, 1878.
On the trial, Mrs. Clark, the widow of the deceased, testified on the part of the state, that on Sunday, the 27th day of May, 1866, her husband and she were sitting in their cabin, when they noticed a stranger on horseback ride around the south end of the cabin and in front of the east door, tie asked if Robert Clark lived there, and being answered in…
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