State v. Burns
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. I, The court erred in overruling the motion for a continuance. The record shows clearly that the defendant has been affected injuriously by being deprived of the evidence which he would have obtained by further continuing the cause.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. I, The court erred in overruling the motion for a continuance. The record shows clearly that the defendant has been affected injuriously by being deprived of the evidence which he would have obtained by further continuing the cause. (State vs. Klinger, 43 Mo., 127;-McKay vs. State, 12 Mo., 492; McLane vs. Harris, 1 Mo.,- 700; Eiggs vs. Fenton, 3 Mo., 28; Moore vs. McOulloch, 6 Mo., 444; Tunstall vs. Hamilton, 8 Mo., 500; Darne vs. Broadwater, 9 Mo., 19; State vs. Schoenwald, 31 Mo., 147.) II. The challenge and objections, made by defendant to the entire…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
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The defendant, in conjunction with one Barrett, was indicted in the Criminal Court for committing a rape upon the person of one Marie Meurer, a female about fourteen years of age.
At the trial he was found guilty, and sentenced to a term of ten years in the penitentiary. No objections are made to the instructions as given by the court, nor to any other rulings, except as hereinafter mentioned.
The first point raised is, that the court erred in refusing a continuance. The indictment was presented to the court by the grand jury on the 22d day of November, 1872, and on the 27th of the same…
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