Holmes v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. It was error to force defendant to trial in the absence of his counsel, to his prejudice. 2. The court refused to permit defendant to introduce in evidence the judgment of the justice of the peace of Wodruff County.
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Appeal from St. Francis Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; 1. It was error to force defendant to trial in the absence of his counsel, to his prejudice. 2. The court refused to permit defendant to introduce in evidence the judgment of the justice of the peace of Wodruff County. This judgment was res judicata as to the ownership of the hogs claimed to be stolen, and a bar to the criminal prosecution, and it was error also to refuse to permit counsel for defendant to ask the witness Coopwood if he did not bring a suit in replevin in Wood-ruff County for. the hogs in question. 1. No proper…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of conviction under an indictment charging appellant with the crime of grand larceny, alleged to have been committed by stealing certain hogs, the property of Henry Coopwood.
The first ground for reversal urged is that the court erred in compelling the accused to go to trial in the absence of one of his attorneys. The law firm of Morrow & Gatling, of the Forrest City bar, were employed to represent appellant in his defense, but it appears from the record that Mr. Morrow was absent when this case was called, being in attendance on the Federal Court at Helena.…
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