State v. Finley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Hon. W. 8. C. Walker, Judge. (1) Grievous errors were committed in the admission of incompetent, irrelevant and. immaterial testimony over the objections and exceptions of the defendant in the trial, and in the leading and improper manner in which it was elicited from the State’s witnesses. The appellant’s conviction was brought about by incompetent testimony in answer to questions most flagrantly leading.
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Hon. W. 8. C. Walker, Judge. (1) Grievous errors were committed in the admission of incompetent, irrelevant and. immaterial testimony over the objections and exceptions of the defendant in the trial, and in the leading and improper manner in which it was elicited from the State’s witnesses. The appellant’s conviction was brought about by incompetent testimony in answer to questions most flagrantly leading. State v. Whalen, 148 Mo. 286; State v. Keath, 53 Mo. App. 383; State v. Napper, 141 Mo. 401. (2) The plat or diagram, although not shown by any witness…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
— Tried in the circuit court of Pemiscot county on a charge of murdering his father-in-law, M. B. Holt, on August 4, 1909, defendant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the fourth degree, and appeals.
Both parties resided in the village of Cottonwood Point in Pemiscot county, and were owners of ferries on the Mississippi river. A fierce rivalry in the ferry business seems to have indirectly brought about the difficulty which resulted in the tragedy. Defendant established his ferry near one long owned and operated by his father-in-law, the deceased. This displeased deceased very much,…
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