State v. Christian
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. G. H. Burckhardt, ' Judge. 1. The court erred in excluding the testimony of Mrs. White. Croiotherv. Gibson, 19 Mo. 365 ; Harriman v. Stowe, 57 Mo. 93. 2. In overruling defendant’s objection to instructions 5 and 10, given to the jury at the instance of-the State. State v. Underwood, 57 Mo. 40; Russell oh Crimes, Yol. 1? §§ 527, 528, 529. 3. In refusing to give instructions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, as prayed by defendant. Warton’s Am. Crim.
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Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. G. H. Burckhardt, ' Judge. 1. The court erred in excluding the testimony of Mrs. White. Croiotherv. Gibson, 19 Mo. 365 ; Harriman v. Stowe, 57 Mo. 93. 2. In overruling defendant’s objection to instructions 5 and 10, given to the jury at the instance of-the State. State v. Underwood, 57 Mo. 40; Russell oh Crimes, Yol. 1? §§ 527, 528, 529. 3. In refusing to give instructions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, as prayed by defendant. Warton’s Am. Crim. Law, §§ 974, 985, 986. 4. And in instructing the jury, of its own motion, as set forth in the __ qualification of…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
— Defendant was indicted at the April term 1876, of the Boone county circuit court, for murder in the first degree, in killing one Sydney E. Smith. He was duly arraigned and put upon his trial at the August term, 1876, of said court, which resulted in his conviction of murder in the second degree, and the assessment of his punishment to fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The motions of defendant for new trial and in arrest of judgment having been overruled, he brings the cause to this court by appeal. The causes relied upon for a reversal of the judgment, are the alleged errors of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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