Laster v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; The court erred in refusing a continuance of the case to procure the witnesses for appellant, and also in refusing to permit appellant to relate the state of feeling existing between himself and Martin. Appellant’s motion for continuance was not verified until after the trial and judgment and was properly overruled.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; The court erred in refusing a continuance of the case to procure the witnesses for appellant, and also in refusing to permit appellant to relate the state of feeling existing between himself and Martin. Appellant’s motion for continuance was not verified until after the trial and judgment and was properly overruled. Logan v. State, ms. op.; 15 Ark. 252. Appellant did not exercise due diligence in procuring the attendance of his witnesses. Coppersmith v. State, 149 Ark. 597. The testimony complained of by…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasasawba District, for the crime of arson for unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully and maliciously burning a. barn, the property of T. F. Martin, and as a punishment therefor was adjudged to serve a term of seven years in the State penitenitary. From the judgment of conviction an appeal has been duly prosecuted to this court.
The indictment was returned against appellant at the April, 1921, term of the court. He was arrested on the 11th day of April following, and at the July term thereafter the cause was continued…
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- Atkins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1855
- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Adkisson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
- Brickey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
- Rider v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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- McGuffin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923