State v. Carlisle
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Saline Circuit Court. I. Tlie court erred in admitting the statement of Wecker, taken in tlie preliminary examination, for it was not signed by liim, and we have only tlie statement. The court erred in allowing the jury to separate. "Whitney vs. State, (8 Mo., 165)was a larceny, not a murder case. In State vs. Burns, (33 Mo., 483) the jury had already found a verdict before tliey separated, and then only one left.
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Error to Saline Circuit Court. I. Tlie court erred in admitting the statement of Wecker, taken in tlie preliminary examination, for it was not signed by liim, and we have only tlie statement. The court erred in allowing the jury to separate. "Whitney vs. State, (8 Mo., 165)was a larceny, not a murder case. In State vs. Burns, (33 Mo., 483) the jury had already found a verdict before tliey separated, and then only one left. This case was also larceny, and the court blindly followed Whitney vs. State, without argument. But in neither of those cases, was there any such separation as in this.…
1Opinion of the CourtWagNER, Judge
The defendant was indicted for killing Geo. Wecker, and was convicted of murder in the first degree. The evidence against him was mainly circumstantial, but it formed a chain which unquestionably supports the verdict, and as the facts were for the jury, we have only to see whether the court ruled correctly on points of law.
*104One of the principal objections raised is; that the court permitted the jury to separate after they were impaneled, and whilst the evidence was being introduced. The evidence shows that this separation was consented to by both parties, and it is not in anywise shown that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. McO'BlenisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1857
- State v. MixSupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
- State v. SimonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- State v. HarlowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
- Whitney v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1843
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