State v. Ritter
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. John W. Calhoun, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding evidence as to the beliefs, hopes and expectations of the accomplice.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. John W. Calhoun, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding evidence as to the beliefs, hopes and expectations of the accomplice. State v. Kent, 27 L. R. A. 695; Stevens v. People, 215 111. 593. (2) In the progress of the trial, over the objections of the defendant, the1 State was permitted to prove that other fires had occurred in St. Louis, and permitted to prove that the defendant .had made some statements to the witness, Bertha Trader, about such other fires, but there was no proof in the case that the other fires mentioned were of…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of the City .of St. Louis, of arson, in the third degree, under Section 3288, Revised Statutes 1919, and Ms punishment assessed at fifteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary; which was reduced by the trial court to five years. From this judgment he appeals.
The offense for which the appellant was convicted was the burning of certain household goods in the possession of one Bertha Trader, located in an apartment occupied by- her on Delmar Avenue, in the City of St. Louis, with the intent to injure and defraud the insurers of said property.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Orris v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1919
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Stevens v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. GreerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
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- State v. RoseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
- McBoyle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
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