State v. Guild
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Dent Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) Appellant contends that his plea in abatement of the indictment was a good plea. He insists that he should not be required to plead to'the merits; that through her attorney the State had entered into an agreement to discharge him on a consideration in the agreement expressed. His part of this agreement, giving testimony in the cause, the appellant performed.
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Appeal from Dent Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) Appellant contends that his plea in abatement of the indictment was a good plea. He insists that he should not be required to plead to'the merits; that through her attorney the State had entered into an agreement to discharge him on a consideration in the agreement expressed. His part of this agreement, giving testimony in the cause, the appellant performed. He went before the grand jury and on his testimony the defendants, Wesley Sprague and Jack Sprague, were indicted. With the same agreement between them, the appellant went…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Defendant was indicted for receiving and concealing stolen # property. Charging part of indictment the following: “Charge that W. C. Guild, on the -day of April, 1898, at and in the county of Dent and State of Missouri, did then and there, two certain dark colored overcoats, one small overcoat, one lady’s brown jacket, one lady’s blue jacket, silk lined, one lady’s black jacket, one sack of roasted coffee, one hundred pounds of flour, all of the said property being of the aggregate value of $55.80, of the goods and chattels of the Dent County Mercantile Company, a corporation, then lately…
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