Burris v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pope Circuit Court. Hon. W. D. Jacoway, Circuit Judge. 1. The evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, "Oliver v. State, 34 Arle., 632. The statements of Burris, af not contradicted nor improbable, will naturally be believed. 1 Oreenleaf Ev., sec 218. Testing the evidence by the rule in Bevins v. State, 11 Arle., 455, there was none to. ¡-sustain the verdict. 2. The evidence of Rollow and Hogins was not admissible. 35 Am.
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APPEAL from Pope Circuit Court. Hon. W. D. Jacoway, Circuit Judge. 1. The evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, "Oliver v. State, 34 Arle., 632. The statements of Burris, af not contradicted nor improbable, will naturally be believed. 1 Oreenleaf Ev., sec 218. Testing the evidence by the rule in Bevins v. State, 11 Arle., 455, there was none to. ¡-sustain the verdict. 2. The evidence of Rollow and Hogins was not admissible. 35 Am. R., 69. Though not excepted to, it is -error apparent upon the face of the record. Bevins v. .State, supra ; 27 Am. R., 291; 65 Mo., 374. 3. The eighth…
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
At the August term, 1881, of the Circuit •Court of Yell county, for the Danville District, William Burris was indicted for murdering William Sturdevant, by shooting him with a pistol. On his application, the venue was changed to the Circujt Court of Pope county, where he was tried on plea of not guilty, at the November term, 1881, found guilty, by the jury, of murder in the first degree, as •charged, a new trial refused, bill of exceptions taken, and sentenced to suffer the death penalty on the twenty-seventh •of January, 1882, which was suspended by appeal prayed below, and allowed by one of…
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