State v. Cook
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from. Bales Circuit Court. In criminal cases tlie court will reverse the judgment and grant a new trial if tlie verdict is against the evidence. (State vs. Mansfield, 41 Mo., 470; State vs. Marshall, 47 Mo., 378.) Tliis court will not review the facts, after they have been, passed upon by a jury under proper, instructing and legal testimony, unless the verdict is totally unsupported by evidence.
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Appeal from. Bales Circuit Court. In criminal cases tlie court will reverse the judgment and grant a new trial if tlie verdict is against the evidence. (State vs. Mansfield, 41 Mo., 470; State vs. Marshall, 47 Mo., 378.) Tliis court will not review the facts, after they have been, passed upon by a jury under proper, instructing and legal testimony, unless the verdict is totally unsupported by evidence. (36. Mo., 143; 28 Mo., 248, 593; 29 Mo., 456; 30 Mo., 262, 498; 36 Mo., 338 ; 37 Mo., 343 ; 33 Mo., 260.)
1Opinion of the Court
Wagner, Judge,
delivered the .opinion :of the court!
All the objections, urged for a reversal of tlie judgment in this case,'are technical and devoid of‘merit.
The indictment was found in the Bates Circuit Court, and charged -the defendant with larceny in taking and carrying' away certain cattle.
He was convicted, and his punishment assessed at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. A change of verme was awarded :to Cass county, where-tire'trial was had, and it is now urged that the record fails to slio'w that the indictment was found in any court in this State, or by any grand jury, or that…
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