State v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting in evidence State’s exhibit, consisting of a Bible printed in the English language, to a page of which was attached by an ordinary pin a plain sheet of writing paper upon which was written the names and ages of the children of prosecutrix’s mother, including the prosecutrix, the evidence disclosing that at the time of the births of the various children, including the…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting in evidence State’s exhibit, consisting of a Bible printed in the English language, to a page of which was attached by an ordinary pin a plain sheet of writing paper upon which was written the names and ages of the children of prosecutrix’s mother, including the prosecutrix, the evidence disclosing that at the time of the births of the various children, including the prosecutrix, the mother kept no family Bible in which was recorded the births of said children, that no record of any kind or…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Defendant was tried in the Criminal Court, of Jackson County upon an information charging him with statutory rape committed upon a girl alleged to be under the age of fifteen years. The jury, having found him guilty, assessed his -punishment at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of ninety-nine years. From the resulting sentence and judgment, he has in the usual way appealed.
This ease was before us at a former term, whereat a sentence of imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for nine years was reversed and remanded for certain errors in the admission of testimony and in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stein v. BowmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- State v. PatrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- People v. MayneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
- State v. BowmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- State v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
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- State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- State v. HookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- State v. WagnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- State v. PaddockMontana Supreme Court · 1930
- State v. ShelbySupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
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