State v. Schnettler
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. B„ Douglas, Judge. (1) Defendant’s motion to quash the information herein, or the motion to arrest the judgment upon the ground that the information was not verified either by the oath of the circuit attorney or of some person competent to testify as a witness, or upon the ground that it was not based upon the affidavit of some private person filed with the clerk of the court as required by law, should have been sustained.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. B„ Douglas, Judge. (1) Defendant’s motion to quash the information herein, or the motion to arrest the judgment upon the ground that the information was not verified either by the oath of the circuit attorney or of some person competent to testify as a witness, or upon the ground that it was not based upon the affidavit of some private person filed with the clerk of the court as required by law, should have been sustained. State v. Bonner, 178 Mo. 424; State v. Balch, 178 Mo. 392. (2) The motion to quash the information, because it is…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
Defendant was convicted in the circuit court of St. Louis, and his punishment fixed at four years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, under an information filed by the circuit attorney of said city charging him and fifteen other members of the House of Delegates of said city, with the crime of bribery.
On motion of the defendant a severance was granted him, his trial resulting in his conAdction, as before stated. The case is before us for review upon defendant’s appeal.
The facts are about as follows:
! “On the 9th day of October, preceding the alleged crime, Council Bill No. 44 was introduced in…
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