State v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal 'from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. H. L. Edmunds, Judge. Indicted at the May term of the St. Louis criminal court under the provisions of section 3564, Revised Statutes, 3889 for obtaining from one Charlotte Mittelberger and her husband a deed to certain real estate of the value of $3,000, in the city of St. Louis, by means of false pretenses with intent to cheat and defraud, the defendant, a negro, was tried and convicted of that offense at the January term,…
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Appeal 'from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. H. L. Edmunds, Judge. Indicted at the May term of the St. Louis criminal court under the provisions of section 3564, Revised Statutes, 3889 for obtaining from one Charlotte Mittelberger and her husband a deed to certain real estate of the value of $3,000, in the city of St. Louis, by means of false pretenses with intent to cheat and defraud, the defendant, a negro, was tried and convicted of that offense at the January term, 1893, his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of five years, and he appeals to this court.…
1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, J.
I. No objection is raised to the indictment, either in form or substance and we have discovered nothing objectionable in it.
II. As to the instructions given on behalf of the state, they are such as fully cover the crime charged, as well as such incidental points as are usually touched upon in criminal prosecutions. But one of the instructions thus given is attacked by defendant: the first, and this one, on the singular ground that it does not submit to the jury whether the representations made by defendant were false and fraudulent, but brands them as such, etc. There is no merit in this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State v. MusickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- State v. MyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State v. AverySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Silvey v. SummerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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