State v. Crooker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jaelcson Criminal Court. — How. H. P. ' White, Judge. The indictment under which the defendant was convicted charges him with “ obtaining of and from Mary Eskens and Peter Eskens her, his, and their property, to-wit, certain real and personal property.” There is no further description of the property charged to have been taken contained in the indictment.
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Appeal from Jaelcson Criminal Court. — How. H. P. ' White, Judge. The indictment under which the defendant was convicted charges him with “ obtaining of and from Mary Eskens and Peter Eskens her, his, and their property, to-wit, certain real and personal property.” There is no further description of the property charged to have been taken contained in the indictment. The statutes of this state, provide that the property alleged to have been taken shall be described in the indictment by the name by which it is usually known. R. S., secs. 1814, 1817. “Personal property” is a generic term,…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
The defendant was indicted in the criminal • court of Jackson county, at Kansas City, at its-November term, 1885. The indictment contained two counts, one under section 1335, and the other under section 1561, Revised Statutes, 1879. During the progress of the trial the state dismissed the first and elected to proceed under the second count. Its sufficiency was called in question by an objection to the introduction of any testimony under the indictment, and by the motion in arrest of judgment. The trial court held it sufficient and its so holding is assigned for error, and on the record here,…
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