Court Opinion

ID: 5564249
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 00:56:53.348516+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:35:33.918308
License: Public Domain

Simmons Justice.
The facts will be found in the official report. The opinion of the court is fully set out in the head-note. For a full discussion of the principle announced, see the following authorities. Some of them go beyond what we think is the true law. Stevens v. State, 14 Ohio, 386 ; Elliott v. State, 26 Ala. 78 ; Lindsey v. State, 48 Ala. 169 ; Johnson v. State, 13 Ark. 684 ; Com. v. McChord, 2 Dana, 242 ; 1 Bishop Grim. Proc. §§470, *435473 ; Wharton Crim. Pl. & Pr. §§302, 307, 315, 874 ; Lewellen v. State, 18 Tex. 538 ; Com. v. Cobb, 14 Gray, 57 ; 1 Bishop Cr. L. §802 ; Rex v. Messingham, 1 Moody Cr. Cas. 257 ; Reg. v. Dovey, 2 Eng. L. & Eq. 532 ; Reg. v. Barber, 1 C. & K. 442 ; Rex v. Hempstead, 1 Rus. & Ry. 343 ; 2 Roscoe Crim. Ev. *916 et seq.; 1 Chitty Crim. L. *270. Judgment reversed.