State v. Fischer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court.—Hon. H. C. Riley, Judge. ' (1) This court will not pass upon the sufficiency of the testimony except where there is a total failure of proof, and where it is evident the jury were actuated by prejudice or passion. No such conclusion can be reached by reading the record in this case.
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court.—Hon. H. C. Riley, Judge. ' (1) This court will not pass upon the sufficiency of the testimony except where there is a total failure of proof, and where it is evident the jury were actuated by prejudice or passion. No such conclusion can be reached by reading the record in this case. State v. Young, 24 ,S. W. Rep. 1038; State v. Banks, 118 Mo. ■117; State v. Hermann, 117 Mo. 629; State v. Moxley, 115 Mo. 644; State v. Burd, 115 Mo. 405; State v. Richardson, 117 Mo. 586. (2) The instructions fully and correctly declare the law, with exceeding liberality to…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
From a conviction in the circuit court of Pemiscot county for seducing one Ida B. Phillips, an unmarried female of good repute, under promise of marriage, defendant appeals. His punishment was assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. No brief has been filed on the part of defendant.
Ida B. Phillips, at the time of the alleged seduction, October, 1892, was but seventeen years of age. During that year defendant was employed as a farm laborer, jointly by one Lewis and the father of Ida, and during the cropping season he and the girl worked together in the fields upon farms of both…
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