State v. Garrett
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline County Criminal Court. — Hon. John A. Rich, Judge. (1) The failure of the trial court to define the word “deliberately” in its instructions to the jury was not reversible error, (a) An instruction defining “deliberately” was not necessary in this case, because the evidence shows that the murder was committed while the defendant was, engaged in the perpetration of a robbery.
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Appeal from Saline County Criminal Court. — Hon. John A. Rich, Judge. (1) The failure of the trial court to define the word “deliberately” in its instructions to the jury was not reversible error, (a) An instruction defining “deliberately” was not necessary in this case, because the evidence shows that the murder was committed while the defendant was, engaged in the perpetration of a robbery. Sec. 4448, R. S. 1909; State v. Bobbitt, 215 Mo. 39; State v. Daly, 210 Mo. 679; State v. Foster, 136 Mo. 655; State v. Schmidt, 136 Mo. 651; State v. Meyers, 99 Mo. 112; State v. Hopkirk, 84 Mo. 287;…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, C.
The appellant was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the criminal court of Saline County. He was charged with having killed, on *305the sixth day of January, 1917, Mrs. Sarah J. Campbell, a widow sixty-five years of age.
Mrs. Campbell lived at New Frankfort, a small town on the south side of the Missouri River, in Saline County. Her husband had died in June, 1916. It was reputed in the neighborhood that Mrs. Campbell kept a large amount of money about the house. During her husband’s life they had manufactured and sold large quantities of wine on the premises. After his death,…
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