State v. Manning
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court.— Hon. R. D. Rodgers, Judge. (1) The court erred .in admitting in evidence the affidavit and bond given by the defendants. This was not relevant to any issue to the case and its tendency was to prejudice the jury against the defendant.
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Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court.— Hon. R. D. Rodgers, Judge. (1) The court erred .in admitting in evidence the affidavit and bond given by the defendants. This was not relevant to any issue to the case and its tendency was to prejudice the jury against the defendant. The fact that he had taken an oath not to adulterate liquor and given bond to that effect had no tendency to prove any fact charged in the indictment and was offered solely to make the jury believe the defendant was a “liquor dealer” and thereby arouse the prejudice of the jurors against defendant. State v. Conner, 65 Mo. 374;…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
Defendant was found guilty upon the first count of an amended information, charging violations of the druggist and dramshop* laws, and a penalty of fine in sum of one hundred dollars, imposed upon him; the count upon which trial and conviction were had, in substance, charged that defendant, being a druggist and proprietor of a drugstore, on a date *53named, unlawfully sold and disposed of intoxicating liquors in less quantity than four gallons, and particularly to one Henry Rivere. The proof introduced on behalf of the State, established that defendant was a druggist and pharmacist and showed…
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- State v. BowersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
- State v. ClevengerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
- State v. MarchandMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
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