State v. Woodward
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. M. G. McGregor, Judge. ■ (1) The instructions fully and clearly declared the law and were all that the evidence justified the court in giving. R. S., sec. 1374. (2) Where affidavits are filed for and against a motion for a new trial, the discretion of the trial court will not be interfered with unless defendant is prejudiced. State v. Griffith, 63 Mo. 545. (3) . Statutes prohibiting separating of jurors should be reasonably construed.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. M. G. McGregor, Judge. ■ (1) The instructions fully and clearly declared the law and were all that the evidence justified the court in giving. R. S., sec. 1374. (2) Where affidavits are filed for and against a motion for a new trial, the discretion of the trial court will not be interfered with unless defendant is prejudiced. State v. Griffith, 63 Mo. 545. (3) . Statutes prohibiting separating of jurors should be reasonably construed. Where it appears that no opportunity was afforded for a juror to have been tampered with or defendant prejudiced, he…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
Defendant was tried in the Jasper county circuit court under an indictment charging him with maliciously and feloniously shooting and wounding a two-year-old heifer. He was convicted of the charge and fined one hundred dollars, and from this judgment he has appealed to this court, and no brief having been filed on his behalf, we are driven to an inspection of the record for ascertainment of the grounds on which he relies to support his appeal.
The first ground which the record presents is to the action of the court in overruling defendant’s objection to the introduction of any evidence because…
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