State v. Evers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlppeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. I. The indictment fails to charge any offense punishable under the statute. (Rex v. Douglas, Brit. Cro. Cas., Moody, 462 ; Rex v. Goodall, id., Russell & R., 461; Regina v. Johnson, id., 2 Moody, 254; Com. v. Strain, 10 Mete. 521; State v. Green, 7 Wis. 676; State v.( Bonnell, 46 Mo. 395; People v. Gates, 13 Wend. 311; The People v. Haynes, 14 Wend. 564; Rex v. Reed, 7 Carr. & P. 848; Rex v. Dale, id. 352; 8 Cox Cro.
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Jlppeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. I. The indictment fails to charge any offense punishable under the statute. (Rex v. Douglas, Brit. Cro. Cas., Moody, 462 ; Rex v. Goodall, id., Russell & R., 461; Regina v. Johnson, id., 2 Moody, 254; Com. v. Strain, 10 Mete. 521; State v. Green, 7 Wis. 676; State v.( Bonnell, 46 Mo. 395; People v. Gates, 13 Wend. 311; The People v. Haynes, 14 Wend. 564; Rex v. Reed, 7 Carr. & P. 848; Rex v. Dale, id. 352; 8 Cox Cro. Cas. 233 ; Regina v. Evans, 9 Cox, 241; Dillingham v. State, 5 Ohio St. 283 ; Commonwealth v. Drew, 19 Pick. 184-5.) H. The indictment does…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was a prosecution against the defendants for obtaining money from one Owen McDermott, the prosecutor, by false pretenses. The indictment is substantially as follows, to-wit: “That Edward Evers and John Evers, late of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis aforesaid, on the fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis aforesaid, with intent to cheat and defraud one Owen McDermott, unlawfully, knowingly, designedly and feloniously did falsely pretend to said McDermott that neither of them, the said Edward…
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