Lisle v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
AppeaLfrom Howard Circuit, Court. It.is contended in-, behalf of the prisoner, that a new trial-should have been granted, (after setting aside the verdict of the jury) by the circuit court, for divers reasons: The first of which is, that no copy of the indictment, was furnished the-prisoner or his counsel, before the trial in the circuit; court; see Rev. Statute, page 485, sec. It is not a waiver of any of the legal lights of the prisoner,, that-he went to trial without…
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AppeaLfrom Howard Circuit, Court. It.is contended in-, behalf of the prisoner, that a new trial-should have been granted, (after setting aside the verdict of the jury) by the circuit court, for divers reasons: The first of which is, that no copy of the indictment, was furnished the-prisoner or his counsel, before the trial in the circuit; court; see Rev. Statute, page 485, sec. It is not a waiver of any of the legal lights of the prisoner,, that-he went to trial without demanding a Copy of the indictment See- 18 John. Rep. page 211. The People vs. McKay. The nest-point is, had the prisoner a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
NapLon, Judge.
The appellant w7as indicted for the murder of one Hiram Wilson, was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. The prisoner filed his motion for a new trial, and in support of said motion introduced certain affidavits. The affidavit of Mr. Tracy stated, that on the morning of the day on which the trial of Lisle commenced, he saw David Morrow (one of the jurors) in the street, near his house, and en-quired of him what was done with Lisle, who answered that he did not know he ought to express any opinion- — but remarked that it did not make any…
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