State v. Goetz
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Cowri. The defendants, Goetz and Martin, were indicted for stealing some lockets and breastpins from Eugene J accard, in the store of said Jaccard, on Fourth street, in the city of St. Louis. I. The court erred in permitting the circuit attorney to prove that a gold chain was found on the person of the husband of the defendant Goetz, and that she confessed she put it into his pocket.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Cowri. The defendants, Goetz and Martin, were indicted for stealing some lockets and breastpins from Eugene J accard, in the store of said Jaccard, on Fourth street, in the city of St. Louis. I. The court erred in permitting the circuit attorney to prove that a gold chain was found on the person of the husband of the defendant Goetz, and that she confessed she put it into his pocket. There was no evidence tending to show that the chain was the property of Jaccard, or had ever been in his possession or in his store. The possession o£ the gold chain by the husband…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, Judge
The defendants, together with one Elizabeth Wohlman, were indicted for stealing various articles of jewelry from the store of Eugene Jaccard, in the city of St. Louis, on the 7th of November, 1861. Upon the trial, it was shown- that defendants, accompanied by two small children, were, on that day, in the store of Jaccard examining and pricing goods, and while so engaged the clerk missed several articles which he had placed upon the counter for their inspection; and, suspecting that defendants had taken them, procured their arrest; whereupon several articles of jewelry, such' as lockl ets and…
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