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  "name": "The State vs. Smith",
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    "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court"
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      "cite": "2 Cow. 463",
      "category": "reporters:state",
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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      "The State vs. Smith."
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    "opinions": [
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Soott\ndelivered the opinion-of the Court.\nThe law knows of but one Christian name. The entire omission of a middle letter is not a misnomer or variance. (Litt. 3 a. 1 Lord Raym. 563. 5 John. R. 84. 4 John. R. 119 note a.) \u201cThe middle letter is immaterial, and a wrong letter may be stricken out or disregarded.\u201d (Keene v. Meade, 3 Peters R. p. 9.) The demurrer ought to have been sustained and judgment rendered accordingly.\nLet the judgment be reversed, and the cause be remanded,",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Soott"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Clendenin, Attorney General."
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    "head_matter": "The State vs. Smith.\n\u00b651(3 knows of but one Christian name; and it is no misnomer to improperly include or exclude the initial of a middle name.\nAppeal from Conway Circuit Court.\nThe defendant was indicted by the name of John B. Smith; and pleaded in abatement that he was known and called by the name of John Smith and not John B. Smith. The State demurred to the plea; but the Court overruled the demurrer and the State appealed.\nClendenin, Attorney General.\nThe law allows of but one Christian name; middle names are disregarded, (2 Cow. 463,) and their omission or insertion incorrectly cannot be pleaded in abatement. 5 John. R. 84."
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