State v. Worrell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Franklin Circuit Court. It is deemed unnecessary to state the facts more fully than they are set forth in the opinion of the court. I. The Franklin Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the cause, the order of removal by the Warren Circuit Court being illegal and insufficient to take away the jurisdiction of the latter court. II. The court erred in forcing defendant to trial. The causes of continuance were sufficient in law to support the motion.
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Appeal from, Franklin Circuit Court. It is deemed unnecessary to state the facts more fully than they are set forth in the opinion of the court. I. The Franklin Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the cause, the order of removal by the Warren Circuit Court being illegal and insufficient to take away the jurisdiction of the latter court. II. The court erred in forcing defendant to trial. The causes of continuance were sufficient in law to support the motion. This court has always recognized discretion thus unsoundly exercised as error. (1 Mo. 700 ; 3 Mo. 28 ; 6 Mo. 444 ; 8 Mo. 500 ; 9 Mo. 19…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, Judge
The defendant, Edward D. Worrell, was indicted with William H. Bruff for the murder of Bazil H. Gordon, at the May term of the Circuit Court of Warren county, A. D. 1856. The defendants were arraigned and pleaded “not guilty” to the indictment, and on their petition the venue was changed from the Circuit Court of Warren county to the Circuit Court of Franklin county — the petitioners alleging, in their application for the change, that they believed the inhabitants of the entire judicial circuit (of which Warren county composed a part) are so prejudiced against the defendants that a fair trial…
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