State v. Casto
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Louis Hoffman, Judge. . . (1) As shown by the record there is not a word of evidence that tends to show or to intimate that the man Corbett had any knowledge, or even grounds, from which to suspect that Dr. Simonds or anyone else had performed a criminal operation, or any other kind, on Anna Bell; and as far as the record shows, he did not know and he never saw the defendant Casto.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Louis Hoffman, Judge. . . (1) As shown by the record there is not a word of evidence that tends to show or to intimate that the man Corbett had any knowledge, or even grounds, from which to suspect that Dr. Simonds or anyone else had performed a criminal operation, or any other kind, on Anna Bell; and as far as the record shows, he did not know and he never saw the defendant Casto. But the witness Brown was permitted to tell everything that Corbett said and did, from the time Anna Bell was brought to his home to the time of her death. (2) The court…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the November term, 1908, of the circuit court of Pettis county, the prosecuting attorney filed his information, containing two counts. The second count is in the words and figures following, omitting caption:
“And the said Harvey D. Dow, prosecuting attorney for the State of Missouri within and for the body of the county of Pettis, upon his oath of office as such prosecuting attorney, further informs the court:
“That, William T. -Simonds, • Everett Casto and G. H. Corbett, at the county of Pettis and State of *403Missouri, on the--day of May, 1908, unlawfully, willfully and feloniously then and…
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