City of Linneus v. Dusky
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Linn Circuit Court, Hon. H. W. Brownell, Special Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. In this state it is a good defence to a charge of carrying concealed weapons, “if the defendant shall show that he has been threatened with great bodily harm or had good reason to carry the same in the necessary defence of his person, home, or property.
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Appeal from the Linn Circuit Court, Hon. H. W. Brownell, Special Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. In this state it is a good defence to a charge of carrying concealed weapons, “if the defendant shall show that he has been threatened with great bodily harm or had good reason to carry the same in the necessary defence of his person, home, or property. Rev. Stat., sect. 1275, p. 224. And the threatening letter addressed to defendant and tacked upon' his gate, should have been admitted in evidence. This evidence was competent and proper, and was admissible in evidence as part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.
The defendant was convicted in the mayor’s court of the city of Linneus, of violating one of its ordinances prohibiting persons from carrying within the corporate limits concealed weapons. On appeal to the circuit court he was again found guilty, and a fine of five dollars assessed, against him. Prom this judgment he prosecutes this appeal.
I. On the trial the prosecution offered and read in evidence an ordinance of said city, prohibiting any person from carrying any concealed weapon, revolver, etc., within the corporate limits of said city, excepting certain officials, and imposing as a…
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