State v. Long
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court.— Hon. Frcmcis H. Trimble, Judge. (1) There was not sufficient corroboration of the testimony of Carrie Miles, as to the promise of marriage. R. S. 1909, sec. 5235; State v. Heed, 57 Mo. 254; State v. Miller, 44 Mo. App. 159. (2) The evidence of Drs. Miller and Davis should have been admitted.
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Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court.— Hon. Frcmcis H. Trimble, Judge. (1) There was not sufficient corroboration of the testimony of Carrie Miles, as to the promise of marriage. R. S. 1909, sec. 5235; State v. Heed, 57 Mo. 254; State v. Miller, 44 Mo. App. 159. (2) The evidence of Drs. Miller and Davis should have been admitted. These doctors were not permitted to testify, and the offered evidence was rejected, on the ground that any information they might have was acquired under the confidential relation of physician and patient, and could not, therefore, because of the statute, be disclosed…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Defendant stands charged with the crime of seduction under promise to' marry, the information being based on section 4478, Revised Statutes 1909. The scene of the alleged crime is located in Atchison county by such information, and the case was first tried in that county and defendant convicted. [State v. Long, 238 Mo. 383.] The judgment of conviction was reversed and the cause remanded, for reasons fully stated by Blair, C., in the cause supra. When the case again reached the circuit court of Atchison county, Judge Ellison, the judge of that court, disqualified himself, and Judge Francis H.…
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