Legal Opinion

State v. Kyle

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 17, 1903PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — Ho». Jas. E. Hazell, Judge. (1) It was error to permit counsel for the State to ask defendant, when she was being cross-examined, where she got the razor with which she cut Bert Christian. Defendant was not interrogated during her examination in chief, about the razor or anything pertaining to it. State v. Patterson, 88 Mo. 91; State v. Chamberlain, 89 Mo. 133; State v. Fullerton, 90 Mo.

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Appeal from Moniteau Circuit Court. — Ho». Jas. E. Hazell, Judge. (1) It was error to permit counsel for the State to ask defendant, when she was being cross-examined, where she got the razor with which she cut Bert Christian. Defendant was not interrogated during her examination in chief, about the razor or anything pertaining to it. State v. Patterson, 88 Mo. 91; State v. Chamberlain, 89 Mo. 133; State v. Fullerton, 90 Mo. App. 411; State v. Hudspeth, 150 Mo. 31; State v. Hathhom, 166 Mo. 239. (2) The language of the statute is, “put out an eye,” the charge is, “eye was cut and slit,” not…

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

Under an information lodged with the clerk of the circuit court of Moniteau county by the prosecuting attorney of the said county, under his official oath, charging that the defendant Ella Kyle, in and upon one Bert Christian, unlawfully and feloniously, on purpose and of her malice aforethought, did make an assault, and that said Ella Kyle, with a razor the nose of the said Bert Christian and the eye of the said Bert Christian, on purpose and of her malice aforethought, then and there unlawfully and feloniously did cut and slit, with intent, her, the said Bert Christian, then and there to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  2. State v. HathhornSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  3. State v. AlredSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. SharpSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
  2. State v. FennewaldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
  3. State v. WatsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
  4. State v. FutrellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
  5. State v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976

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