State v. Moore
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. J. C. Normile, Judge. (1) The testimony of the witness, Mrs. Harmon, as to her conversation with officer Williams, to the effect that her house had been broken into, and that she thought the man. had gone down the back way, was clearly erroneously admitted, as well as her statement that the window could be opened by a stick or a knife, from the outside, as she had once opened it in that way, herself.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. J. C. Normile, Judge. (1) The testimony of the witness, Mrs. Harmon, as to her conversation with officer Williams, to the effect that her house had been broken into, and that she thought the man. had gone down the back way, was clearly erroneously admitted, as well as her statement that the window could be opened by a stick or a knife, from the outside, as she had once opened it in that way, herself. State v. Dusenberry, 20 S. W. Rep. 465; Wharton’s Criminal Evidence [8 Ed.], sec. 405. (2) The testimony of officer Williams, to the effect that he…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
— The defendant was indicted at the July term, 1892, of the St. Louis criminal court, for burglary and larceny. He was duly arraigned and a plea of “not guilty” entered. The cause was continued at his instance to the October term, 1892, at which he was tried, and convicted of both burglary and larceny, and his punishment assessed at ten years for the burglary and five for the larceny.
The testimony offered by the state tended to show as follows: On the twentieth day of May, 1892, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harmon resided in the house No. 2108 Chestnut street, in the city of St. Louis; this house was…
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