State v. Blockberger
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) Instructions 1 and 2 are the often approved instructions given in siich cases as this. State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 415. Number 3 was more favorable to the appellant than the facts would seem to warrant.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. George G. Hitchcock, Judge. (1) Instructions 1 and 2 are the often approved instructions given in siich cases as this. State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 415. Number 3 was more favorable to the appellant than the facts would seem to warrant. This instruction embodies the law on petit larceny, while there was no evidence to support a charge of petit larceny, the only evidence on this point being that of Stone who testified that there was thirty dollars in silver and one dollar in pennies taken from his cash register. State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 410. Number…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
From a judgment of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis sentencing defendant to imprisonment in the penitentiary for burglary in the second degree, and grand larceny, he appeals to this court.
The information charged the defendant with burglary in the second degree and larceny in having on the 20th day of May, 1911, entered the store, shop or building of one Albert Stone, with intent to steal personal property therein, and in then and there stealing, taking, and carrying away thirty dollars, lawful money of the United States.
The defendant was arraigned on the 26th day of June, 1911, in…
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