Strickland v. Little Rock
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. Evidence which does not tend to prove any issue is inadmissible. 57 Ark. 512. Incompetent evidence is prejudicial where the verdict is otherwise slightly supported. 51 Ark. 509; 14 Ark. 502. If a defendant indicted for resisting an officer can prove that he was ignorant that the party resisted was an officer, this is a defense for such resistance. 1 Whart. Cr. Law, 649; 32 N. Y. 509; 38 Pa.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. Evidence which does not tend to prove any issue is inadmissible. 57 Ark. 512. Incompetent evidence is prejudicial where the verdict is otherwise slightly supported. 51 Ark. 509; 14 Ark. 502. If a defendant indicted for resisting an officer can prove that he was ignorant that the party resisted was an officer, this is a defense for such resistance. 1 Whart. Cr. Law, 649; 32 N. Y. 509; 38 Pa. St. 265; 76 N. C. 10; 26 Texas, 119. Resistance must be to the service or execution of or the attempt to serve or execute some writ or process.…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
William Strickland has appealed from the judgment of the Pulaski circuit court, wherein he was fined for interfering with a police officer of the city of Little Rock while in the discharge of his official duties. The prosecution for the offense originated in the Little Rock police court. The facts are, substantially, as follows: B. S. Farrow, a sanitary policeman of the city of Little Rock,in this state, was instructed to examine the premises of appellant. He went to his shop at 908 Main street, in said city; went into the alley behind the shop, and there saw four sheep in a stable. He went…
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