State v. Harris

321 S.W.2d 468 (1959)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Robert HARRIS, Appellant.

No. 46984.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 9, 1959.

Raymond A. Bruntrager, St. Louis, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., George E. Schaaf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas F. Eagleton, Circuit Atty., St. Louis, for respondent.

COIL, Commissioner.

A jury found Robert Harris, defendant below, guilty of possession of lottery tickets, a misdemeanor, and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the city workhouse for a year and a $1,000 fine. He appealed from the ensuing judgment to the St. Louis Court of Appeals.…