State v. Howe
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court . — Hon. A. W. Walker, Judge. (1) The legislative act. Laws 1913, p. 219, under which defendant was tried, is unconstitutional in that the bill, as enacted, does not conform to the requirement of Section 28 of Article IY of the Constitution, in that said bill contains more than one subject, as is expressed in its title. The title even embodies the subject of removal of disqualifications of witnesses.
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Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court . — Hon. A. W. Walker, Judge. (1) The legislative act. Laws 1913, p. 219, under which defendant was tried, is unconstitutional in that the bill, as enacted, does not conform to the requirement of Section 28 of Article IY of the Constitution, in that said bill contains more than one subject, as is expressed in its title. The title even embodies the subject of removal of disqualifications of witnesses. While it is true that this title, as given in the caption, is not treated in the body of the bill, still this should enter into consideration of the point here…
1Opinion of the Court
On the 18th day of June, 1919, the defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, and sentenced to a term of four years in the penitentiary, on the charge of receiving, without consideration, the sum of thirty dollars from Lillie Slingman, the money earned in prostitution, contrary to Section 3 of the Act of 1913, Laws 1913, p. 220. The information was filed in Pettis County, charging the commission of the offense in that county, and a change of venue was granted to Randolph County, where the case was tried. The defendant appealed.
The evidence shows that the defendant kept a…
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