State v. Sartino
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. — Eon. Jos. J. Williams, Judge. (1) (a) The indictment substantially charges every essential element of the offense of murder in the first degree. It fully informed defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and is sufficient. State v. Horn, 204 Mo. 528; State v. Richardson, 194 Mo. 329. (b) In charging murder it is not necessary to allege that the weapon was deadly and dangerous.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. — Eon. Jos. J. Williams, Judge. (1) (a) The indictment substantially charges every essential element of the offense of murder in the first degree. It fully informed defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and is sufficient. State v. Horn, 204 Mo. 528; State v. Richardson, 194 Mo. 329. (b) In charging murder it is not necessary to allege that the weapon was deadly and dangerous. State v. Hottman, 196 Mo. 122. (2) Defendant’s motion to quash the indictment was properly overruled. Said motion went to the competency of the grand…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT P. J.
At the January term, 1908, of the circuit court of Jefferson county, the grand jury returned an indictment against the defendant for murder in the first degree at said county on the 11th day of October, 1907, of a person whose true name to the grand jurors was unknown. On the 28th of that month, the defendant was duly arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty as charged in the indictment. Afterwards on the 30th of March, defendant filed his motion to quash the indictment on the ground that the grand jury which preferred the same was not drawn in accordance with the statutes of…
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