State v. Harlan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hockaday, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the competency of Mr. Ives, who was accepted as one of the panel of forty persons from whom the. jury was selected. (2) The court should have permitted the witness to testify to his conversation with defendant after the deceased left the cabin and the wheelhouse of the boat.
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Appeal from Howard Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hockaday, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the competency of Mr. Ives, who was accepted as one of the panel of forty persons from whom the. jury was selected. (2) The court should have permitted the witness to testify to his conversation with defendant after the deceased left the cabin and the wheelhouse of the boat. (3) The court erred in admitting the testimony of witnesses Niewedowsky and Holt as to the conversation had in Jefferson City with defendant; it had no reference to the deceased or to any…
1Opinion of the CourtGtANtt, P. J.
The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Callaway county, at the May term, 1894, for the murder of Charles Moore, on February 27, 1894. He was duly arraigned at the same term and entered a plea of not guilty. He applied for and a change of venue was granted to Howard county. He was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree at the March term, 1895.
The deceased, Moore, lived in Jefferson City and was the owner of a farm on the opposite side of the Missouri river, in Callaway county. Defendant Harlan lived near that farm. On the day of the killing, Moore had been down the river…
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