White v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. Antonio B. Grace, Judge. The confession was improperly admitted in evidence. 66 Ark. 505; 1 Greenl. Ev. §§ 219, 223; 125. Mass. 210; 10 Pick. 489; 11 Ark. 408; 50 Ark. 305. Even if the confession had been admissible in evidence, it was error to refuse the second instruction prayed by appellant, cautioning the jury as to the proper value of extrajudicial confession. 6 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. Antonio B. Grace, Judge. The confession was improperly admitted in evidence. 66 Ark. 505; 1 Greenl. Ev. §§ 219, 223; 125. Mass. 210; 10 Pick. 489; 11 Ark. 408; 50 Ark. 305. Even if the confession had been admissible in evidence, it was error to refuse the second instruction prayed by appellant, cautioning the jury as to the proper value of extrajudicial confession. 6 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (2d Ech), 579, 580; 34 Ark. 654; 18 Fla. 491; 119 Mass. 61; 33 N. Y. 596; 16 Mo. 387; 34 Fed. 735; 48 la. 484; 116 Mass. 61. The evidence does not show that the confession…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Stephen White was accused and convicted of arson, committed by burning a dwelling house of William McDonald in Lincoln county, in this state.
In the trial of White it was shown that the house was burned. William McDonald, the owner of the house, testified, in part, substantially, as follows: “The defendant made three statements to me about the burning of the house. The first he told me that Bill Smith burnt it, and told me to go to John Simmons’ wife, who was a fortune teller, and she would tell me all about it. At another time, lie told me that a black man burnt it. I said to him, ‘If you…
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