State v. Crab
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. John W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The court erred in permitting the. Whalen letters to be received and read in evidence over the objection of the defendant. 3 Greenleaf on Evidence [13-Ed.], sec. 92; 1 Ibid., sec. Ill; State v.Daubert, 42Mo. 239; State v. Walker, 98 Mo. 95; State v. Melrose, 98-Mo. 594; Ledford v. State, 55 N. W. Rep. 263. (2) The evidence of Mr. Lesueur and the witnesses Seidlitz. and Yineil, after comparison of…
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. John W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The court erred in permitting the. Whalen letters to be received and read in evidence over the objection of the defendant. 3 Greenleaf on Evidence [13-Ed.], sec. 92; 1 Ibid., sec. Ill; State v.Daubert, 42Mo. 239; State v. Walker, 98 Mo. 95; State v. Melrose, 98-Mo. 594; Ledford v. State, 55 N. W. Rep. 263. (2) The evidence of Mr. Lesueur and the witnesses Seidlitz. and Yineil, after comparison of handwriting in the-Whalen letters with a letter not introduced in evidence and not in this case, and which is not admitted by…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
Defendant was jointly indicted in the criminal court of Jackson county with George W. Dawson, C. 0. Pratt and J. H. Cottrell on September 24, 1893, for forgery in the first degree, by forging the name of one Wayne S. Bishop to a deed transferring a large tract of land in Lafayette county upon which there was a farm, to Jacob H. Crab. A severance was granted defendant and upon a trial had, he was found guilty, and his punishment assessed at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the judgment and sentence he appeals to this court.
The facts are that on the fifteenth day of May, 1893,…
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