State v. Wellman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Now. Ralph S. Latshaw, Judge. (1) The information filed fails to state a cause of action. The section of statute under which this case was tried is as follows: Sec. 4726, R. S. 1909. The statute is in derogation of common law, and must be strictly construed.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Now. Ralph S. Latshaw, Judge. (1) The information filed fails to state a cause of action. The section of statute under which this case was tried is as follows: Sec. 4726, R. S. 1909. The statute is in derogation of common law, and must be strictly construed. At common law sodomy is the carnal copulation by human beings with each other against nature or with a beast, in which sense it includes crimes against nature, bestiality and buggery. In its narrower sense, sodomy is the carnal copulation betwéen two male beings per anum. At common law sodomy could…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Convicted of the crime against nature as defined by the Laws of 1911, p. 198. defendant appeals from a judgment of the criminal court of J ackson county sentencing him to a term of three years in the penitentiary. The following' is a summary of the evidence.
During the months of December, 1912, and January, 1913, the defendant kept a rooming house in Kansas City, Missouri, which house he had operated for five years. A few doors from defendant’s .rooming-house was a jewelry store owned by one Louie Shaffer, in which store defendant was employed as an optician. In the same store was employed one…
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