Legal Opinion

State v. Good

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 21, 1896PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Hon. Jambs H. Lay, Judge. (1) The court manifestly erred in refusing to grant a continuance' on defendant’s application. State v. Dawson, 90 Mo. 149; Statev. Bradley, 90 Mo. 160; State v. Berkley, 92Mo. 41; State v. Neiderer, 94 Mo. 79; State v. Warden, 94 Mo. 648; State v. Loe, 98 Mo. 609; State v. Maddox, 117 Mo. 667. (2) The court erred in refusing to issue attachments for the absent witnesses.

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Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Hon. Jambs H. Lay, Judge. (1) The court manifestly erred in refusing to grant a continuance' on defendant’s application. State v. Dawson, 90 Mo. 149; Statev. Bradley, 90 Mo. 160; State v. Berkley, 92Mo. 41; State v. Neiderer, 94 Mo. 79; State v. Warden, 94 Mo. 648; State v. Loe, 98 Mo. 609; State v. Maddox, 117 Mo. 667. (2) The court erred in refusing to issue attachments for the absent witnesses. Const, of Mo. 1875, art. 2, sec. 22; Statev. Berkley, 92 Mo. 41, and cases cited; Statev. Jennings, 81 Mo. 185 (dissenting opinion); Statev. Warden, 94 Mo. 648.…

1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, J.

The defendant was indicted in Henry county for stealing a “bunch” of fifteen head of cattle, the property of Jacob Showalter. Not desiring to be tried in the county of his residence where he had lived for over twenty years, defendant secured a change' of venue to Bates county, where, upon trial, he was convicted of the crime of which he was accused, and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The testimony in substance discloses this state of facts: On the night of the twenty-seventh of March, 1894, one Jacob Showalter, a farmer residing near Lewis station, in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. PagelsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Sturgis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. State v. GadwoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
  3. State v. MaggardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
  4. Boggs v. United StatesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
  5. State v. GreenleeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1928

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