State v. Banks
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Johnson Criminal Court. — Hon. John E.. Byland, Judge. (1) The uncontradicted testimony of all the witnesses, save the defendant, presents a case of murder in the first degree, and establishes the guilt of defendant of that offense beyond all question, and the court was-authorized under that testimony to submit the question of defendant’s guilt or innocence to the jury, and hence the suggestion of appellant’s counsel in their motion for a new trial, that the…
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Appeal from Johnson Criminal Court. — Hon. John E.. Byland, Judge. (1) The uncontradicted testimony of all the witnesses, save the defendant, presents a case of murder in the first degree, and establishes the guilt of defendant of that offense beyond all question, and the court was-authorized under that testimony to submit the question of defendant’s guilt or innocence to the jury, and hence the suggestion of appellant’s counsel in their motion for a new trial, that the verdict is against, and unsupported by, the testimony, is not well taken, and must be determined against them. State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBubgess, J.
Defendant was convicted at the April term, 1893, of the criminal court of Johnson county, of murder in the first degree for shooting with a pistol and killing one Isaac Palmer at Sedalia, Pettis county, on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1892. The indictment was found in the latter county where the offense was committed, and the venue subsequently changed on the application of defendant to the criminal court of the county of Johnson.
At the April term, 1893, of the Johnson criminal court, the defendant filed his third application for a continuance on the ground of the absence of witnesses and…
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