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State v. Sharpless

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 19, 1908PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Wm. H. Wallace, Judge. (1) Certain papers were taken from the person of the accused after lie was arrested and the court permitted the State to introduce them in evidence against him.

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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Wm. H. Wallace, Judge. (1) Certain papers were taken from the person of the accused after lie was arrested and the court permitted the State to introduce them in evidence against him. When the detective was identifying the papers he said he took them from tho defendant after he arrested him; the defendant objected to their introduction for the reason that they were obtained by unlawful search and seizure and as the court was apprised of that fact at the time, the objection should have been sustained. State v. Davis, 108 Mo. 666; State ex rel. v.…

1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.

— This cause is now pending in this court upon appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction in the criminal court of Jackson county, convicting him of the offense of forgery. On the 18th day of November, 1905, at the September term, 1905, of the criminal court of said county the prosecuting attorney of said county filed an information against the defendant, which was duly verified, charging him in two counts with forgery in the first degree. The second count of the information, the one upon which defendant was convicted, omitting formal parts, charged that:

“On the 6th day of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Siebert v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Gindrat v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  4. People v. TomlinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
  5. State v. HouxSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. OwensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
  2. State v. LockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
  3. State Ex Rel. Miller v. O'MalleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
  4. State v. WagnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
  5. Plater v. W. C. Mullins Construction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1929

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