Edwards v. George Knapp & Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (lj The court, by plaintiff’s instructions numbered four and five, instructed the jury that to support the plea of justification of the charge, that the plaintiff did have carnal intercourse with her brother, the same proof must be adduced as would be necessary to convict the plaintiff upon an indictment for the crime of incest, and if the jury entertained a reasonable doubt of the plaintiff’s guilt of…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. (lj The court, by plaintiff’s instructions numbered four and five, instructed the jury that to support the plea of justification of the charge, that the plaintiff did have carnal intercourse with her brother, the same proof must be adduced as would be necessary to convict the plaintiff upon an indictment for the crime of incest, and if the jury entertained a reasonable doubt of the plaintiff’s guilt of the crime charged against her, they should find a verdict for the plaintiffs. This was error. Bailey v. Norton, 65 Iowa,…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
This is an action for libel in which plaintiffs obtained judgment for five thousand dollars, from which defendant has appealed, and as one of the points relied upon to sustain the appeal arises on the pleadings it is necessary to insert so much of them as bears up©n the point raised, and hereinafter adverted to. Plaintiffs charge in their petition that on the eighteenth day of January, 1885, defendant maliciously published of and concerning the female plaintiff the false and defamatory words and libel as follows:
*434“ Cause oe a Double Murder.
“ Special to the Republican.
“St. Joseph, Mo., January…
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