State v. Mathews
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Putnam Circuit Court. — Hon. Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in refusing the instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence offered by the appellant at the close of the evidence. Taking all the evidence together, appellant insists that the verdict of the jury was the result of passion and prejudice on their part, and should not stand.
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Appeal from Putnam Circuit Court. — Hon. Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in refusing the instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence offered by the appellant at the close of the evidence. Taking all the evidence together, appellant insists that the verdict of the jury was the result of passion and prejudice on their part, and should not stand. (2) The court erred in permitting the prosecuting witness to testify to an alleged assault by appellant on her at the hotel, long after the time when the crime is alleged to have been committed. (3) A. 0. Porter was not a…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgeiss, J.
At the August term, 1905, of the circuit court of Putnam county, was filed an amended information by the prosecuting attorney of said county charging the defendant, John Mathews, with carnally knowing one Myrtle Husted, an unmarried female of previously chaste character, between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years; and at an adjourned term of said court, commencing October 10-, 1905', the trial resulted in the conviction of the defendant, his punishment being assessed at two years in the penitentiary. Within four days thereafter the defendant filed a motion to reduce the punishment upon…
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