State v. Davis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court. — Hon Charles D. Stewart, Judge. (1) The justice lost jurisdiction of the case by-taking it under advisement and in not rendering judgment on the day of trial and at the place of trial, when the canse was submitted to him. A jury must be kept together, even in civil cases, until a verdict is rendered, or they are discharged. Sec. 4000, R. S. 1899. The same is true of criminal cases.
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Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court. — Hon Charles D. Stewart, Judge. (1) The justice lost jurisdiction of the case by-taking it under advisement and in not rendering judgment on the day of trial and at the place of trial, when the canse was submitted to him. A jury must be kept together, even in civil cases, until a verdict is rendered, or they are discharged. Sec. 4000, R. S. 1899. The same is true of criminal cases. Sec. 2771, R. S. 1899. In civil cases a justice may defer judgment three days after submission. Sec. 4011, R. S. 1899. Article 12 of chapter 16 is complete in itself, and being…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is here by appeal from a judgment of conviction of the defendant in the Scotland Circuit Court for practicing medicine without a license or any other authority so to do. This prosecution was begun before a justice of the peace of Scotland county on February 4, 1905. Omitting formal parts of the information it charges the offense as follows:
“John E. Luther, prosecuting attorney within and for the county of Scotland in the State of Missouri, informs John B. Montgomery, a justice of the peace of said county of Scotland, that on the 15th day of December, 1904, at the county of Scotland…
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