State v. Fields
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit. Court. — So A. Henry C. Riley, Judge. (1) Some cases go to the extent of holding that it is permissible for the State to prove declarations and acts of one of the parties made and done in the absence of others, before proving the conspiracy, but the conspiracy must be afterwards proved and the declarations and acts of the co-conspirator must be about and concerning the offense for which defendant is being tried.' State v. Eoss, 29 Mo. 32; State…
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit. Court. — So A. Henry C. Riley, Judge. (1) Some cases go to the extent of holding that it is permissible for the State to prove declarations and acts of one of the parties made and done in the absence of others, before proving the conspiracy, but the conspiracy must be afterwards proved and the declarations and acts of the co-conspirator must be about and concerning the offense for which defendant is being tried.' State v. Eoss, 29 Mo. 32; State v. Nell, 79 Mo. App. 243; State v. Walker, 98 Mo. 95; State v. Flanders, 118 Mo. 227; State v. Duncan, 64 Mo. 262. But…
1Opinion of the CourtKennish, P. J.
On January 14th, 1909; an information was filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Pemiscot county, charging appellant Carlos Fields, and his brother, Ray Fields, jointly, with the crime of murder in the first degree, for having killed one Sam Edmonson. A severance having been granted to appellant, he was tried, convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for thirty-five years. Pie appealed to this court.
The evidence for the State tended to show the following facts:
Ray Fields and Carlos Fields are negroes, as was…
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