State v. Coff
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) The court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the theory that deceased may have gone to his death hy accident or misfortune, and on the evidence in the case defendant was entitled to such instruction.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) The court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the theory that deceased may have gone to his death hy accident or misfortune, and on the evidence in the case defendant was entitled to such instruction. State v. Reed, 154' Mo. 122; French v. Commonwealth, 88 S. W. 1070'; Sec. 4452, R. S. 1909; State v. Cook, 3 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1152. (2,) The court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the law applicable to the evidence of the combat between defendant and William Conway, son of deceased, and the subsequent…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, C.
Under an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree, defendant was tried in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, found *17guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. Defendant duly perfected an appeal.
There was evidence tending to establish the following facts:
At the time of the tragedy, it appears that defendant, a blacksmith, twenty-eight years of age, resided with' his parents at No. 3909 Kennerly Avenue, in St. Louis, Missouri. W. A. Conway, together with his wife and fourteen-year-old sister,…
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