State v. Malloch
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Criminal Conrt.— Hon. B. G. Thurman, Judge. (1) The court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s motion to quash the indictment and in failing to sustain the motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.
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Appeal from Greene Criminal Conrt.— Hon. B. G. Thurman, Judge. (1) The court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s motion to quash the indictment and in failing to sustain the motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. State v. McLaughlin, 160 Mo. 33; State v. Olds, 217 Mo. 305. (2) The court erred in permitting the State to impeach the reputation of the inmates for virtue and chastity and of the hotel without requiring the prosecuting attorney to specify who were the people impeached so that the testimony could he specifically met. (2) The court erred in permitting testimony to…
1Opinion of the Court
ROY, C.
The defendant was convicted of keeping a bawdyhouse and displaying thereon the sign of an honest occupation contrary to Revised Statutes 1909, section 4758. He has appealed. '
The indictment charges that the defendant kept a bawdy-house at the northwest corner of College and Market Streets in the city of Springfield, and that he displayed thereon the sign “Palace Hotel.” It does not expressly charge that the defendant knew that the house was kept for such illegal purposes. That hotel was held by the defendant and his sister under a lease, they owning the furniture. The sister was away.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
3Cited by7 opinions
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- State v. KayserMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. HesselmeyerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
- De Four v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1919
- State v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
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