Dixon v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. The motion in arrest of judgment should have been sustained. The evidence is insufficient, and fails to show that any o fense 'was committed before the indictment was returned. The indictment charged the offense with sufficient clearness. 16 Ark. 506; 1 Ark. 178; 1 Bish. Cr. Proc. §§ 356, 357, The proof was sufficient.
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant, Joe Dixon, of the crime of selling whisky without license.
The ease was tried before the circuit judge without a jury, and the most serious question raised is whether the evidence was sufficient to support the finding and judgment. The evidence was brief, consisting of testimony of only two witnesses, and was taken down by a stenographer, and copied in full in the bill of exceptions. The substance of it is as follows: Dixon kept a hotel or restaurant in Jonesboro. The witness for the state testified that during a term of the circuit…
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