State v. Dooms
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Douglas Circuit Court. — IIon. Fred Stewart, Judge. (1) The evidence introduced was sufficient. "Where there is any evidence introduced tending to show the guilt of the defendant, the verdict of the jury will not be disturbed. State v. C’oncelia, 250' Mo. 425; State v. Sharp, 233 Mo. 298; State v. Tetrick, 199 Mo. 105. (2) Testimony showing trouble and hard feeling between the defendant and members of the Dooms family other than the deceased was admissible.
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Appeal from Douglas Circuit Court. — IIon. Fred Stewart, Judge. (1) The evidence introduced was sufficient. "Where there is any evidence introduced tending to show the guilt of the defendant, the verdict of the jury will not be disturbed. State v. C’oncelia, 250' Mo. 425; State v. Sharp, 233 Mo. 298; State v. Tetrick, 199 Mo. 105. (2) Testimony showing trouble and hard feeling between the defendant and members of the Dooms family other than the deceased was admissible. It tended to show that defendant fired at random through the window with the intent to kill or injure some member of said…
1Opinion of the Court
On the 3rd day of January, 1918, the prosecuting attorney of Douglas County, Missouri, filed an information in the circuit court of said county, wherein the defendant, John L. Dooms, was charged with murder of the first degree, in that he shot and instantly killed his son, William A. Dooms, on the 3rd day of December, 1917. The State elected to prosecute defendant under said information for murder in the second degree. It appears that a mistrial was had at the February term of said court and the cause was continued by the court to the April term, 1918. On the 8th day of April, the same being…
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