State v. Bean
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Criminal Court. 1. A general verdict upon an indictment containing several counts will not stand. (State v. Montague, 2 McCord.) 2. The verdict is beyond the limit of the law. (R. C. 1845, p. 698.)
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, Judge
The defendant, Bean, was indicted for keeping and maintaining a bawdy house. The indictment contains two counts. The first count charges the defendant with keeping and maintaining a bawdy house ; the second count is for keeping and maintaining a disorderly house.
The defendant pleaded not guilty. The jury found a general verdict of guilty against the defendant, and assessed his punishment at twelve months’ imprisonment in the county jail and a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
*270The defendant moved in arrest of judgment, and also for a new trial, which being overruled, he brings the ease…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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