State v. Garrett
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline Criminal Court.—Hon John A. Rich, Judge (1) There was sufficient evidence of guilt to support the verdict. State v. Maurer, 255 Mo. 168; State v. Concelia, 250 Mo. 420; State v. Howard, 203 Mo. 603. (a) An unsupported allegation of passion and prejudice presents nothing for review.
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Appeal from Saline Criminal Court.—Hon John A. Rich, Judge (1) There was sufficient evidence of guilt to support the verdict. State v. Maurer, 255 Mo. 168; State v. Concelia, 250 Mo. 420; State v. Howard, 203 Mo. 603. (a) An unsupported allegation of passion and prejudice presents nothing for review. State v. Howell, 117 Mo. 342; State v. Gonce, 87 Mo. 630; State v. McBrien, 265 Mo. 594; State'v. Mace, 263 Mo. 157. (2) The court did not err is admitting evidence tending to show that the deceased was reputed to keep a large sum of money in her house and that défendent was cognizant of this…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, J.
The defendant, James W. Garrett, was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at life-imprisonment in the penitentiary. He had duty appealed.
This is the second time that this case has been in this court.. The former appeal was from a like conviction and sentence. The opinion is reported in 276 Mo. 302, 207 S. W. 784. The former judgment was reversed because of an error in an instruction.
The facts in the present record are essentially the same as on the former trial, and for that reason we adopt the lucid statement of facts prepared by White, C., and set forth in…
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