Mary v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mary, the above appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder, at a special court, held for Crawford county, in August, 1837; and thereupon appealed her cause to this court. Upon an examination of the record, several important questions present themselves for the consideration of the appellate court. Important, because I conceive they are unsettled by any former adjudications; and because the life of a human being is dependant upon the issue.
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Mary, the above appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of murder, at a special court, held for Crawford county, in August, 1837; and thereupon appealed her cause to this court. Upon an examination of the record, several important questions present themselves for the consideration of the appellate court. Important, because I conceive they are unsettled by any former adjudications; and because the life of a human being is dependant upon the issue. In order to the proposed examination, I shall consider first, the jurisdiction assumed by the judge of the circuit couit in this case.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcGirk, Judge
At a special term of the circuit court for the-county of Crawford, holden on the 16th day of August, 1837r the grand jury of that county found an indictment against Mary for the murder of a child of a Mr. Rrinker. There are two counts in the indictment; the first lays the killing to- be done with a stick of wood by beating; the second charges the killing to be done by drowning. On not guilty pleaded the jury found a verdict of guilty gen-ally on both counts, and judgment of death was pronounced on the prisoner by the court. The- case is •brought here by appeal.
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