State v. Scanlan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. J. C. JYormile, for Respondent, cited Commonwealth vs. Mullins, 2 Allen [Mass.], 296; Commonwealth vs. Hills, 10 Gush., 530; 1 Wkart., § 755, [6th Ed.]; Cook vs. Mix, 11 Conn., 432; Reynolds vs. Lounsbury, 6 Hill, 53; Chouteau vs. Sarpy, 8 Mo., 733; Roscoe’s Crim. Ev. [6th Ed.], 106 ; State vs. LeBlanc, 1 Const., 354 ; State vs. Whittier, 21 Me., 341; Washburn vs. The People, 10 Mich., 372; 2 Wagn. Stat., 1374, § 8.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, Judge
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, committed upon his wife, and sentenced to death. His appeal to this court brings us but one question for review. This appears in the following extract from the bill of exceptions:
“The State then offered as á witness in behalf of the prosecution, Mamie Scanlan. Upon being thus presented, the defendant objected to her being sworn and examined because of her tender years, whereupon she was examined by tlie judge respecting her qualifications as a witness; and upon this examination, the child, being much frightened and scarcely able to…
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