State v. Soper
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cass Circuit Court. — HoN. W. W. Wood, Judge. (1) Tbe indictment having been returned by tbe .grand jury on a legal holiday was not sufficient to base a charge on against the defendant. (2) More than half of the panel of forty jurors had formed and expressed opinions as to defendant’s guilt, and so stated on their examination. The jury was not fair and impartial. (3) The court erred in admitting the letters in evidence.
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Appeal from Cass Circuit Court. — HoN. W. W. Wood, Judge. (1) Tbe indictment having been returned by tbe .grand jury on a legal holiday was not sufficient to base a charge on against the defendant. (2) More than half of the panel of forty jurors had formed and expressed opinions as to defendant’s guilt, and so stated on their examination. The jury was not fair and impartial. (3) The court erred in admitting the letters in evidence. These letters were not properly identified and proven to have been written by the defendant. 1 G-reenl. on Ev., sec. 576; State v. Brown, 70 Am. Dec. 168; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtSheewood, J.
Defendant was indicted and convicted of murder in the first-degree for hilling his wife, Delia Soper, on the night of the twenty-first day of April, 1891. He lived in the village of Archie, Oass county, Missouri, with his wife and two children, where he was engaged in the business of a “butcher,” modernly designated as a “meat market.” He sold out his business a few days before the tragedy, and had arranged to move his family to Adrian, where he intended to engage in the dairy business. His family relations had always been pleasant and agreeable, in fact, he had the reputation of always being…
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