State v. Loehr
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Loicis Criminal Court. — TIon. Gf. S. Van Wagoner, Judge. (1) The court erred in allowing one Tracy to testify as to conversations with defendant concerning the ownership of the property alleged to have been stolen. State v. Turner, 76 Mo. 350; State v. Martin, 74 Mo. 549 ; State v. Beams, 71 Mo. 419 ; State v. King, 78 Mo. 555; State v. Cox, 67 Mo. 392. (2) The instruction as to an alibi was intended to mislead, and did mislead, the jury.
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Appeal from St. Loicis Criminal Court. — TIon. Gf. S. Van Wagoner, Judge. (1) The court erred in allowing one Tracy to testify as to conversations with defendant concerning the ownership of the property alleged to have been stolen. State v. Turner, 76 Mo. 350; State v. Martin, 74 Mo. 549 ; State v. Beams, 71 Mo. 419 ; State v. King, 78 Mo. 555; State v. Cox, 67 Mo. 392. (2) The instruction as to an alibi was intended to mislead, and did mislead, the jury. If defendant’s instruction was defective, it was the court’s duty to give a proper one. State v. Banlcs, 73 Mo. 592 ; State v. Jones, 61…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, C. J.
In the St. Louis criminal court defendant, in November, 1885, was tried and found guilty under an indictment, charging him with having committed petit larceny, after having been once, convicted and punished for committing a previous petit larceny. He was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary two years, and brings his case to this court by appeal, and seeks a reversal of the judgment on various grounds, one of which is that the indictment does not sufficiently charge the offence.
The indictment is based on section 1664, Revised Statutes, which, among other things, provides as follows:…
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