Garret v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, the Morgan circuit court. “To reverse the judgment of the circuit court the appellant will insist upop the following points.” 1. That the court erred in rejecting the evidence offered 'to prove what Polly Johnson had sworn and said in regard 'to the description of the appellant, see Norris Peake 275-6, 1st, Starkie evi. 144-5 3d, Starkie evi. (1753 5) 2d, Russell, on Crimes 577-581, Richard D. Tucker ‘v Welsh 17 .Mass Rep. 161. 2d.
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Appeal from, the Morgan circuit court. “To reverse the judgment of the circuit court the appellant will insist upop the following points.” 1. That the court erred in rejecting the evidence offered 'to prove what Polly Johnson had sworn and said in regard 'to the description of the appellant, see Norris Peake 275-6, 1st, Starkie evi. 144-5 3d, Starkie evi. (1753 5) 2d, Russell, on Crimes 577-581, Richard D. Tucker ‘v Welsh 17 .Mass Rep. 161. 2d. That the court erred in rejecting Young E. Miller as a witness, 2d Russell on Crimes, 543, 2d Starkie evi. 23 Eng. Com. L. ¡,Rep. xxi 471. 2d. That…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court delivered by
Tompkins Judge*
Tpis was a joint indictment against said Garret, Ellison-. Wll Earns, Youüg E, Miller, James Williams, and Presly Bryant, for a felonious assault Committed on Richard Johnson and Polly Johnson h&wifa. Garrett was found guilty in the circuit court, and tóreverse the judgment of that court be appeals to this court. On the trial of the cause the State: *2introduced as a witness Polly Johnson one of the person» in the indictment. She testified that on the night of 28th, January 1838, in the county of-Morgan after she an^ her husband had gone to bed,…
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