Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1900

Riley v. State

Riley v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas · Decided June 30, 1900 · Bunn
68 Ark. 330; 58 S.W. 39; 1900 Ark. LEXIS 61

Riley v. State

Opinion of the Court

Bunn, C. J.

The indictment in this case in part reads: β€œThe grand jury of said court accuse said defendant of said crime committed as follows, viz.: Said defendant, in said county on 24th July, 1899, unlawfully, wilfully, deliberately, maliciously, premeditatedly, and feloniously with a pistol did assault, shoot, and kill one Sullivan, a human being, whose Christian name is unknown to the grand jury.” On the trial the deceased was shown to have been named Durbyn Griggs by tlie testimony in the case. The indictment being for killing Sullivan, whose Christian name only was unknown, proof that Durbyn Griggs was killed does not identify the person of deceased, nor sustain the allegations of the indictment.

Reversed and remanded.

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