State v. Sloan
Supreme Court of Missouri
I. It was error to exclude evidence of Moore’s threats and conduct before the affray, and in holding that all threats and demonstrations made by him more than three days before the affray were too stale to be given in evidence, although communicated before the shooting; and that all such as had not been communicated were inadmissible, however recent.
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I. It was error to exclude evidence of Moore’s threats and conduct before the affray, and in holding that all threats and demonstrations made by him more than three days before the affray were too stale to be given in evidence, although communicated before the shooting; and that all such as had not been communicated were inadmissible, however recent. (Campbell v. People, 16 111. 17; Dukes v. State, 11 Ind. 557; Cornelius v. Commonwealth, 15 B. Monr. 539 ; Howell v. State, 5 Ga. 54-5; Keener v. State, 18 Ga. 224-9 ; Lingo v. State, 29 Ga. 484; Stewart v. State, 19 Ohio, 306; Pitman v. State,…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The defendant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Dunklin county for the murder of one Charles A.- Moore. The indictment was in the usual form for murder in the first degree, and a change of venue having been awarded to Cape Girardeau county, a trial was there had, and he was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.
The exclusion of evidence offered by the defendant, the giving and refusing of instructions and the finding of the jury are the matters complained of.
The evidence shows that Moore, the deceased, entertained the greatest ill-feeling toward the defendant, whom he accused of…
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