State v. Shanks
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Neio Madrid Circuit Court. — Hon. D. L. Hawkins, Judge. argued that the indictment sufficiently averred the materiality of the facts sworn to, citing State v. Marshall, 47 Mo. 378; State v. Holden, 48 Mo. 93.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
— The indictment charged “that at and before the circuit court of New Madrid county, in the State of Missouri, held at the court house in the town of New Madrid, within and for said county, on the 16th day of March, A. D. 1874, there was then pending in said court an action wherein Humphrey C. Stanley was plaintiff, and Moses Shanks, Benjamin E. Boyce, John T. Scott and Amos R. Phillips, were defendants, and which said action *561was founded upon a promissory note therein, in the petition of said plaintiff alleged to be the promissory note of the said Moses Shanks, Benjamin E. Boyce and John T.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. KeelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
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