State v. Williams
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Randolph Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. H. Burckhartt, Judge. (1) It is an established rule of construction that where general words follow particular ones, the general words will be limited in their meaning and restricted in their operation to things of a like kind and nature with those particularly specified. State v. Bryant, 90 Mo. 535 and cases ; City St. Louis n. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559 ; City St. Joe v. Porter, 29 Mo. App. 605 ; Knox City v. Thompson, 19 Mo.
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Appeal from the Randolph Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. H. Burckhartt, Judge. (1) It is an established rule of construction that where general words follow particular ones, the general words will be limited in their meaning and restricted in their operation to things of a like kind and nature with those particularly specified. State v. Bryant, 90 Mo. 535 and cases ; City St. Louis n. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559 ; City St. Joe v. Porter, 29 Mo. App. 605 ; Knox City v. Thompson, 19 Mo. App. 523 ; Bank t>. Tinsley, 11 Mo. App. 500. (2) Penal and criminal statutes must be strictly construed in those parts…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for playing the game of base-ball on Sunday. He appeals to this court on the ground, as alleged by him, that “playing at a game of base-ball on'Sunday is not forbidden by the laws of this state.”
The testimony on the part of the state was, in substance, as follows:
“ The defendant was, during the year 1888, a member of the Moberly Base-Ball Club ; that on a certain Sunday in July, 1888, the club played a game of baseball at their grounds, just outside of the corporate limits of the said city of Moberly, and that the defendant was present and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- The Emily and the CarolineSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- City of St. Louis v. LaughlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Foster v. BlountSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
- Shropshire v. GlascockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1837
- Knox City v. ThompsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ex parte NeetSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- St. Louis Agricultural & Mechanical Ass'n v. DelanoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- City of Kansas v. VindquestCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1889
- City of St. Joseph v. ElliottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891
- State v. O'RourkNebraska Supreme Court · 1892
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