State v. Sekrit
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. . GrREEN, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling the demurrer and also the motion in arrest of judgment. The letter set out in the indictment contains no threat to accuse of any crime or felony.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. . GrREEN, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling the demurrer and also the motion in arrest of judgment. The letter set out in the indictment contains no threat to accuse of any crime or felony. Eor a man and woman, both of whom are married but not to each other, to unlawfully, shamefully, and habitually have sexual intercourse, if such a thing be possible, is not an offense punishable either at common law or under the statute of this state, and hence to send a letter to a man threatening to accuse him of such conduct is not an indictable…
1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, J.
Tbe defendant comes to this court on appeal, having been convicted in tbe lower court of sending a threatening letter, and bis punishment assessed at six months in tbe county jail.
Tbe indictment, so far as necessary to quote it, is tbe following:
“Tbat Julius Sekrit, Mary Sekrit and Ida Sekrit, late of tbe county aforesaid, on tbe sixth day of February, 1894, at tbe county of Jefferson, state aforesaid, did knowingly, unlawfully, and feloniously write and make a certain paper, letter, and writing, signed with tbe name of Ida Sekrit, and directed and addressed to one Dr. I. N. McNutt, and for…
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