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116 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, [37 Ark. Younger et al v. The State. YOUNGER ET AL V. THE STATE. 1. PRACTICE IN CIRCUIT COURT: Judgment on bad indictment. No judgment should be rendered against a defendant found guilty on a bad indictment, though no motion in arrest be made. 0
37 Ark.] MAY TERM, 1881. 117 APPEAL from Franklin Circuit Court. Hon. W. D. JACOWAY, Circuit Judge. W. W. Mansfield, for appellant: Cited: Johnson v. State, 36 Ark. 242; Keith, v. State, ante 96. ENGLISH, C. J. The indictment in this case is like that in State v. Keith, ante 96, and in Johnson v. State, 36 Ark. 242. No motion in arrest of judgment was filed, but the indictment being bad in substance, no judgment shonld have been rendered thereon against appellants. Reversed and remanded, with instructions to the Court below to arrest the judgment
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