State v. Larkin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Francois Circuit Court. — Eon. Peter E. Ruck, Judge. (1) The mere presence of a person while the alleged crime was being committed by another, or her mental approval of what was being done, will not, in the absence of some word or act of approval or encouragement, make her guilty of that crime.
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Appeal from St. Francois Circuit Court. — Eon. Peter E. Ruck, Judge. (1) The mere presence of a person while the alleged crime was being committed by another, or her mental approval of what was being done, will not, in the absence of some word or act of approval or encouragement, make her guilty of that crime. State v. Valle, 164 Mo. 551; State v. Orrick, 106 Mo. 120. By neither direct nor circumstantial evidence, did the respondents show that Mrs. Harris, did actually either aid, abet, assist or advise the commission of the alleged crime; nor was it shown that she was there with that purpose…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Defendants were jointly tried on the charge of murder in the second degree in the circuit court of St. Francois county, on the 16th day of June, 1912, and being found guilty, the punishment of each of them was assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of ten years. From this conviction, after the usual motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, they jointly appeal.
Defendant Ida Belle Harris was the wife of one Henry Harris, who, as the evidence discloses, was shot to death by defendant Roy Larkin, in St. Francois county, on May 3, 1912. The information charges…
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