State v. Jones
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Newton Circuit Court.-Hon. Joseph Craven, Judge. The grand jurors of Newton county, state of Missouri, at the May term of the Newton county circuit court, on the twenty-fourth day of May, 1889, found and returned into court an indictment against the defendant, as follows : “The grand jurors for the state of Missouri, impaneled, sworn and charged to inquire within and for the body of the county of Newton and state of Missouri aforesaid, upon their oaths present…
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Appeal from Newton Circuit Court.-Hon. Joseph Craven, Judge. The grand jurors of Newton county, state of Missouri, at the May term of the Newton county circuit court, on the twenty-fourth day of May, 1889, found and returned into court an indictment against the defendant, as follows : “The grand jurors for the state of Missouri, impaneled, sworn and charged to inquire within and for the body of the county of Newton and state of Missouri aforesaid, upon their oaths present and charge that on or about the--day of April, 1889, at the county of Newton and state of Missouri, one Reed Jones…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
Defendant asks a reversal of the sentence against him on several grounds. He urges upon us, that, if he is guilty of arson at all, it is in the first degree, and not the third. The indictment in this cause is based on section 3515, Revised • Statutes, 1889, defining arson in the third degree. It is not claimed that the indictment does not specifically charge and advise the defendant of every element necessary to constitute an offense under that section but the contention of the defendant is that the state went further and proved not only that he had burned a barn, but a barn that, by reason…
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