State v. Wright
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — Hon. D. P. Strat-ton, Judge. The following are the instructions given and refused, called for in the opinion of the court. Given by the court of its own motion: “1. The defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; if you have a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt you will acquit him, but such doubt should be a substantial one, founded on the evidence and not a mere possibility of innocence.
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Appeal from Vernon Circuit Court. — Hon. D. P. Strat-ton, Judge. The following are the instructions given and refused, called for in the opinion of the court. Given by the court of its own motion: “1. The defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; if you have a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt you will acquit him, but such doubt should be a substantial one, founded on the evidence and not a mere possibility of innocence. “2. You are the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight and value of their testimony. In determining…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The defendant, a negro, appeals to this court, having been convicted of murder in the first degree, he having killed his wife by repeated blows of an ax, the twenty-ninth of June, 1895. The indictment is in usual form and subject to no objection. The sole defense in this case was insanity.
The facts disclosed by the record are these in substance and effect: During the forenoon of the twenty-ninth day of June, 1895, the defendant and his wife and several small children were residing in Vernon county, Missouri. The wife of the defendant had that fofenoon gone upon a visit somewhere in the…
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