State v. Shaeffer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jaelcson Criminal Court. — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. (1) The criminal court of Jackson county had no jurisdiction. The money which the defendant is convicted of obtaining was not received in Missouri. Com. v. Van Tayl, 1 Met. (Ky.) 1; Slate v. House, 55 la. 466; People v. Sully, 5 Parker’s Grim. Rep. 142; Stale r. Wycltoff, 31 N. J. L. 65 ; In re Carr, 28 Kan. 1; People v. RatTiburn, 21 Wend. 509 ; Rex n.
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Appeal from Jaelcson Criminal Court. — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. (1) The criminal court of Jackson county had no jurisdiction. The money which the defendant is convicted of obtaining was not received in Missouri. Com. v. Van Tayl, 1 Met. (Ky.) 1; Slate v. House, 55 la. 466; People v. Sully, 5 Parker’s Grim. Rep. 142; Stale r. Wycltoff, 31 N. J. L. 65 ; In re Carr, 28 Kan. 1; People v. RatTiburn, 21 Wend. 509 ; Rex n. Brisac, 4 East, 164; Regina v. Jones, 1 Dennison, 551; (5 British ■Crown cases reserved); Reg. v. Leach, 7 Cox O. C. 100 : s. o., 36 Eng. Law & Eq. 587. Following the above…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, C. J.
The defendant was indicted by the grand jury in the criminal court of Jackson county at the May term, 1885. The following are the charges:
The first count charges that the defendant obtained a large amount of money from John I. Blair under false-pretenses, the false pretenses consisting of representations to Blair that he, the defendant, had arranged with the heirs of one Anthony to purchase of them for Blair their interest in a certain tract of land, lying in Jackson county, near Kansas City, and that Blair was to have the land at the lowest price at which it could be obtained, when in fact…
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