State v. Bell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from. Jackson Criminal Court.— Hon. J. H. Slover, Special Judge. (1) The court, in compelling defendant to go to trial without his witnesses, committed error. Defendant had taken all legal steps to get his witnesses, even to an attachment, and all of said witnesses not appearing were important and necessary by which defendant could have proven facts that he could not prove by any other witnesses.
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Appeal from. Jackson Criminal Court.— Hon. J. H. Slover, Special Judge. (1) The court, in compelling defendant to go to trial without his witnesses, committed error. Defendant had taken all legal steps to get his witnesses, even to an attachment, and all of said witnesses not appearing were important and necessary by which defendant could have proven facts that he could not prove by any other witnesses. (2) (a) The court erred in permitting the State, over the objection of defendant’s counsel and against their exception, to cross-examine Della Bell, wife of defendant, about matters and…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
— This is an appeal from a conviction in the criminal court of Jackson county of forgery in the third degree.
The prosecution was commenced on the 21st day of November, 1906, by information, duly verified, in which defendant was charged in the third degree with forging a Pacific Express money order for fifty dollars and in the second count with uttering the same money order to the Jones Dry Goods Company, a corporation, on October 9th, 1906. At the January term, 1907, the defendant was tried and convicted of forgery and. his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. After…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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