State v. Miller
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. L. Jarrott, Judge. (1) Criminal and penál statutes are to he strictly construed in all parts which are against defendants, hut liberally construed in those which are in their favor. State v. Bryant, 90 Mo. 537; State v. Gritzner, 134 Mo. 527; State v. Howard, 137 Mo. 297State v. McCance, 110 Mo. 406; State v. McLain, 49 Mo.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. L. Jarrott, Judge. (1) Criminal and penál statutes are to he strictly construed in all parts which are against defendants, hut liberally construed in those which are in their favor. State v. Bryant, 90 Mo. 537; State v. Gritzner, 134 Mo. 527; State v. Howard, 137 Mo. 297State v. McCance, 110 Mo. 406; State v. McLain, 49 Mo. App. 400. (2) To offer is: “To bring or put forward; to hold out for acceptance; to present for acceptance or rejection; to tender or make tender of; to'come into view, or to be at hand.” Century Dictionary, vol. 4, p. 4090. “To…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On June 22, 1901, the defendant, Robert R. Miller, was indicted by the grand jury of Jackson county for having on the twenty-sixth day of April, 1901, been an accessory after the fact to the attempt to bribe one Elisha Dancy, a juror in a certain case then pending in the circuit court of Jackson county, wherein Mary H. Walton was plaintiff and the Metropolitan Street Railway of Kansas City was defendant.
The indictment omitting the caption and formal parts is as follows:
“The grand jurors for the State of Missouri, in and for the body of the county of Jackson, upon their oath present that Grant…
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