State v. Wolff
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis- Criminal ©ourt. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. Tliis was an indictment against Michael, Christopher, and Valentine Wolff and'Josephus Pennol, for grand larceny of oats and glass; and the defendants were also charged upon the second count, with receiving the same, knowing (hem to have been stolen. The defendants, Christopher and Valentine Wolff severed, and were tried separate!;' from Michael Wolff.
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APPEAL from St. Louis- Criminal ©ourt. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. Tliis was an indictment against Michael, Christopher, and Valentine Wolff and'Josephus Pennol, for grand larceny of oats and glass; and the defendants were also charged upon the second count, with receiving the same, knowing (hem to have been stolen. The defendants, Christopher and Valentine Wolff severed, and were tried separate!;' from Michael Wolff. The evidence went' to show, that various articles of personalty had been lost and stolen from a certain neighborhood, and that many of these articles were found in the house at which…
1Opinion of the Court
RvlanDj J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This ilia's an indictment against the defendant, Christopher Wolff, and three others. The present defendant was tried and found guilty, and sentenced,to the State Prison. He moved for a new trial, which being overruled, he brings the cáse to this court by appeal.
The errors assigned, mainly question the judgment of the Criminal court, in giving instructions, and in refusing to give instructions; in admitting improper testimony; in excluding, as incompetent, a co-defendant as a witness for the defendant, and in refusing to grant a new trial.
I will…
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