State v. Cohen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give an instruction as to the testimony of an accomplice. The word “accomplice” means simply a participator in crime, and at common law it included all the particeps criminis, whether principals in the first or second degree, or accessories. Russ. Crimes (9 Ed.), 49; 4 Blk.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to give an instruction as to the testimony of an accomplice. The word “accomplice” means simply a participator in crime, and at common law it included all the particeps criminis, whether principals in the first or second degree, or accessories. Russ. Crimes (9 Ed.), 49; 4 Blk. Com. 27; Johnson v. State, 2 Ind. 652; Hudspeth v. State, 50 Ark. 534; Cross v. People, 47 111. 152, 95 Am. Dec. 474; State v. Roberts, 15 Ore. 187; Words and Phrases, title “Accomplice.” Schilling v. State, 106 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, C.
stole'n'"9 Property. The indictment charged defendant with knowingly receiving stolen property of the value of seven hundred and thirty-five dollars. Trial was had in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in defendant’s conviction and his punishment being assessed at two years in the penitentiary. The stolen property j so received, consisted of eight bolts of blue serge cloth and one bolt of brown serge cloth, totalling seven hundred and thirty-five yards. The evidence on the part of the State tends to show'the following facts: Defendant was in the…
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