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State v. Brannan

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 19, 1907PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Osage Circuit Court. — How. R. 8. Ryors, Judge. (1) The motion to quash the indictment should have been sustained because the indictment was not certified as a true bill by tbe foreman of tbe grand jury. State v. Bruce, 77 Mo. 195; State v. Burgess, 24 Mo. 381; State v. Brown, 181 Mo. Mo. 229; State v. Runze, 105 Mo.

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Appeal from Osage Circuit Court. — How. R. 8. Ryors, Judge. (1) The motion to quash the indictment should have been sustained because the indictment was not certified as a true bill by tbe foreman of tbe grand jury. State v. Bruce, 77 Mo. 195; State v. Burgess, 24 Mo. 381; State v. Brown, 181 Mo. Mo. 229; State v. Runze, 105 Mo. App. 327; State v. Mertens, 14 Mo. 95;. R. S. 1899, sec. 2510. (2) The court erred in admitting in evidence tbe drawers claimed to have been worn by tbe prosecuting witness at tbe time of tbe commission of tbe alleged offense, because tbey were not properly identified…

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

The defendant, at the October adjourned term of the circuit court of Osage county, was convicted of rape and his punishment fixed at ten years in the penitentiary, under an indictment charging, him with feloniously assaulting and having camal knowledge of a female child, under the age of fourteen yeárs. Defendant’s motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment having been overruled, he appealed.

The date of the alleged offense was August 11,1906-, and the name of the prosecutrix was Minnie Sharp, a child of about ten years, who lived with her parents near Freehurg, Osage county, about a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  2. State v. RaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  3. State v. HaysSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  4. McMurrin v. RigbySupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  5. Carver v. ThornhillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. SwinburneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  2. State v. WardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  3. State v. HeftSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  4. Dudley v. Wabash RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
  5. State v. McKeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908

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