State v. Speyer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — -No». Jno. W. Wo ford, Judge. (1) The right to attach an affidavit made on information and belief, without venue or seal, without notice to defendant, and without re-arraignment, which is the only way to inform a defendant, is most seriously questioned. (2) The court erred in ruling out the question asked Dr. McDonald, bn cross-examination. State v. Speyer, 182 Mo. 92; 3 Witt. & B. Med.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — -No». Jno. W. Wo ford, Judge. (1) The right to attach an affidavit made on information and belief, without venue or seal, without notice to defendant, and without re-arraignment, which is the only way to inform a defendant, is most seriously questioned. (2) The court erred in ruling out the question asked Dr. McDonald, bn cross-examination. State v. Speyer, 182 Mo. 92; 3 Witt. & B. Med. Jur., p. 189. (1) The verification is not ‘£ a part of the information, but a step directed to be taken in aid of it, . . neither is the sufficiency of the information…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is here by appeal from a judgment in the criminal court of Jackson county, Missouri, convicting the defendant of murder of the first degree. The indictment upon which this judgment of conviction rests charges the defendant with feloniously, willfully, premeditatedly, deliberately and with malice aforethought killing one Freddie Speyer, a son of the defendant, aged about five or six years, on thé 16th of July, 1902, at Kansas City, Missouri.
This is the second appeal of this ease and it is conceded by both appellant and respondent that the facts as developed at the trial of this…
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