Jennings v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from Benton Circuit Court. To sustain the decision of the circuit court, insists : 1. That the evidence objected to, ought to have been admitted, as it was a continued transaction. 2. The instructions asked by defendant, ought to have been rejected ; the first being too general, and the others restricting the issue. 3. The instructions of the court were properly given. 4. The indictment is sufficient. Johnson vs. State, 7 Mo. R. 183; Stat. 535, Cr. & Pun.
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
The appellant was indicted in the circuit court of Benton county, under the 35th section of the 2nd article of the act concerning crimes and punishments. The indictment charged that the defendant on, See., at, Sec., with force and arms, did feloniously make an assault on the body of one Samuel Grosong, with a large iron auger, and then and there did feloniously wound, disfigure and inflict on the body of said Samuel Gro-song, with the said iron auger, great harm, under circumstances which ■would have constituted manslaughter, if death had ensued, contrary,” &c.
*853The defendant was found guilty,…
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