State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court . — Eon. Jno. W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The statement made by the prosecuting attorney when examining jurors as to their qualifications to sit in the case, commencing with, ‘ ‘ The evidence in the case will tend to show,” was all improper, hut inasmuch as most of the facts stated did not prejudice the rights of appellant we do not object to them.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court . — Eon. Jno. W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The statement made by the prosecuting attorney when examining jurors as to their qualifications to sit in the case, commencing with, ‘ ‘ The evidence in the case will tend to show,” was all improper, hut inasmuch as most of the facts stated did not prejudice the rights of appellant we do not object to them. However, the closing remark of this statement, viz., “that Laura Hiblar was killed while sleeping in her bed,” was a breach of professional ethics so highly improper and prejudicial to the rights of appellant that it…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
At the March term, 1902, of the Jackson County Criminal Court, the prosecuting attorney of Jackson county filed in said court his information charging the defendant with murder of the first degree. The person charged to have been killed was one Laura Hiblar, the stepdaughter of the defendant, aged about fourteen years. The defendant was duly arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty.
The correctness of the information upon which defendant was tried and convicted is not challenged by the appellant, hence its insertion in this statement will serve no needful purpose.
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