In re Siegel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Habeas Corpus. (1) The criminal court exceeded-its jurisdiction because your petitioner was not charged with any felony nor did he plead guilty to any felony and yet he was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The word “feloniously” nowhere appears in the information. Illegal voting in Kansas City is expressly made a felony by statute.
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Habeas Corpus. (1) The criminal court exceeded-its jurisdiction because your petitioner was not charged with any felony nor did he plead guilty to any felony and yet he was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The word “feloniously” nowhere appears in the information. Illegal voting in Kansas City is expressly made a felony by statute. Sec. 6155, R. S. 1909; State v. Feasal, 332 Mo. 181; State v. Deffenbacker, 51 Mo. 26; Johnson v. State, 7 Mo. 183; State v. Band, 191 Mo. 1. c. 566-7; State v. Willard, 219 Mo. 725; State v. Murdock, 9 Mo. 739; State v. Clayton, 100 Mo. 516; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Upon his plea of guilty to a charge of illegal voting, petitioner was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the penitentiary by the criminal court of Jackson county, Missouri, and he brings habeas corpus in this court to secure his discharge.
The complaint of petitioner is accompanied by a copy of the information under which he was convicted upon a plea of guilty, a copy of the judgment and sentence, together with a copy of an ordinance of Kansas City which purports to authorize the holding of an election on July 7, 1914, in said city to determine, by vote, whether or not said city would…
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