State v. Hill
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. The defendant appeals to this court because of his ■conviction and sentence under the provisions of section 3487, Revised Statutes, 1889: “If any guardian of any female, under the age of eighteen years, or any other person to whose care or protection any such female shall have been confined, shall defile her, by carnally knowing her, while she remains in his care, custody, or employment, he shall, in eases not…
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Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. The defendant appeals to this court because of his ■conviction and sentence under the provisions of section 3487, Revised Statutes, 1889: “If any guardian of any female, under the age of eighteen years, or any other person to whose care or protection any such female shall have been confined, shall defile her, by carnally knowing her, while she remains in his care, custody, or employment, he shall, in eases not otherwise provided for, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or by imprisonment in…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
1. Taking all the testimony of Lee Pierce together, I am unable to discover any serious objection to it, certainly not any reversible error in *672its admission. Defendant was not under arrest or laboring under restraint. He introduced the conversation himself, and seemed eager- to have his fondest wishes confirmed, that he was indeed father of the child. Laboring under no restraint, he was at perfect liberty to have denied that he was the child’s father. Instead, however, of denying the chai’ge that he evidently had sought should be made, he interposed no denial, but only “hinder laughed.”
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Puett v. BeardIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- State v. SibleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Pierce v. GoldsberryIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
- State v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
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- State v. McClainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- State v. NibargerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
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