State v. Lamb
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. George H. Lamb was indicted for the murder of his wife Sarah S. Lamb by drowning her in the Mississippi river, in December, 1857. The evidence chiefly relied upon on the part of tbe State was the confession of Lamb voluntarily made by Mm before Rudolph Herkenrath, a justice of the peace, in the city of St. Louis, before whom he was taken for examination.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. George H. Lamb was indicted for the murder of his wife Sarah S. Lamb by drowning her in the Mississippi river, in December, 1857. The evidence chiefly relied upon on the part of tbe State was the confession of Lamb voluntarily made by Mm before Rudolph Herkenrath, a justice of the peace, in the city of St. Louis, before whom he was taken for examination. The transcript of the docket of the justice, which, together with the confession of Lamb reduced to writing by the justice and signed by Lamb, and other papers, were delivered to the clerk of the criminal…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
We will notice in their order the several points on which the prisoner seeks a reversal of the judgment against him.
A ground of complaint against the judgment of the court below is, that there was no evidence, or at least an insufficiency of evidence, to warrant the jury in finding that the murder was committed within St. Louis county, the county in which the indictment charges the crime to have been committed. It is maintained that the want' of this evidence renders the verdict and judgment void, as showing that there was no jurisdiction in the court. The fact of the venue is like any other…
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