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77 Ark. 480

Harrington v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 20, 1906

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1906-01-20

Hughes, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was convicted of the crime of selling liquor without license, on the following indictment: “The grand jury of Mississippi County, Chickasawba District, in the name and. by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse C. W. Harrington of the crime of “Sabbath breaking,” committed as follows, towit: The said C. W. Harrington, iii the county and 'State aforesaid, Chicasawba District, on thé 1st day of January, 1905, A. D., did…

Relies on Johnson v. State · State v. Culbreath

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affirmed · Decided 1906-01-20

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 1920

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Wood, J.,

¶1(after stating the facts.) The naming of the offense “Sabbath breaking,” instead of “selling intoxicating liquor without license,” was inaccurate. But this mistake did not vitiate 'the indictment, since the “particular offense was made distinct and certain by the statement of the facts constituting it.” Johnson v. State, 36 Ark. 242. “The name of the crime is controlled by the specific acts charged.” State v. Culbreath, 71 Ark. 80. That appellant was fully advised of the crime and understood it is shown by his plea of “not guilty to selling liquor without license.”

¶2The evidence was sufficient here to support the verdict. No objection is urged to the charge of the court. The court did not err in overruling the motion for new trial on the ground of “newly discovered evidence.” True, the evidence was important, as tending to corroborate evidence at the trial tending to show that the cider was not intoxicating, and.that appellant did not sell same in November as alleged. Appellant contends that he could not have known of this evidence until the time of the sale was revealed at the trial. But he did not ask for a postponement or a continuance of the case when the time was revealed during the trial. He did not claim to be surprised then.

¶3The whole matter was within the sound discretion of the court, which it has not abused.

¶4Affirm.

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