State v. Vinso
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from. Lawrence Circuit Court. — Eon. E. C. Pepper, Judge. (1) The verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence. Where the evidence is preserved in the bill of exceptions, the appellate court will inquire whether the verdict is against the evidence.
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Appeal from. Lawrence Circuit Court. — Eon. E. C. Pepper, Judge. (1) The verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence. Where the evidence is preserved in the bill of exceptions, the appellate court will inquire whether the verdict is against the evidence. State v. Fritterer, 65 Mo. 422; State v. Clarkson, 96 Mo. 364. (2) The constitutional amendment authorizing the prosecution of felonies upon information does not authorize an amended information which would be bad, even with defendant’s consent, and the amendment is certainly error without notice to defendant and…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the March term, 1902, of the Lawrence Circuit Court, the prosecuting attorney of said county filed an information charging the defendant, John Vinso, with murder in the first degree, of ’William Walter Ward, at said county on October 13, 1901.
On October 23, 1901, the defendant had been committed on his preliminary examination to await the action of 'the circuit court, and on October 26, 1901, the prosecuting attorney filed an information in the clerk’s office, charging the defendant with murder, and at the November term, 1901, defendant was duly arraigned thereon, and the cause on…
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