Fowler v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Southern District; Thomas C. Trimble, Judge; 1. The court erred in excluding the evidence of J. Umsted. 103 Ark. 27; 108 Id. 129. Also the evidence of L. Hall. 72 Ark. 432. It was also error to exclude evidence of deceased’s reputation.
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Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Southern District; Thomas C. Trimble, Judge; 1. The court erred in excluding the evidence of J. Umsted. 103 Ark. 27; 108 Id. 129. Also the evidence of L. Hall. 72 Ark. 432. It was also error to exclude evidence of deceased’s reputation. Also in excluding defendant’s evidence and that of O. P. Nall. 2. It was error to refuse defendant’s requests for instructions and because of newly discovered evidence a new trial should have been granted. 1. The evidence of J. Umsted was properly excluded. The threat was too remote. 52 Ark. 303. 2. There was no error in…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the Southern District of Prairie County for killing Munny Snow, and has appealed the case to this court. The indictment was for murder in the second degree. The evidence of the State tends to show that on the evening of April 29,1916, appellant entered the drug store of Elijah Odom, his brother-in-law, situated in the town of Biscoe, and killed Munny Snow by shooting him seven times with a rapid-firing automatic pistol. Two of the shots, presumably the first two, entered his back; one entered his side, the others entered various parts of his body…
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