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Moore v. Missouri

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 18, 1895No. 493PublishedCited by 236 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE MISSOURI. Frank Moore was indicted in the St. Louis Criminal Court for burglary in the first degree and larceny in a dwelling-house, on May 26, 1893. The indictment also charged that defendant “on the eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, at the city of St. Louis aforesaid, in the St. Louis Criminal Court, was duly convicted on his own confession of the offence of grand…

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE MISSOURI. Frank Moore was indicted in the St. Louis Criminal Court for burglary in the first degree and larceny in a dwelling-house, on May 26, 1893. The indictment also charged that defendant “on the eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, at the city of St. Louis aforesaid, in the St. Louis Criminal Court, was duly convicted on his own confession of the offence of grand larceny, and in accordance with said conviction was duly sentenced by said court to an imprisonment in the penitentiary for…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee

Admitting that the first ten articles of amendment to the Constitution of. the United States were adopted as limitations oh Federal power, it is argued for plaintiff in error that the fundamental rights secured thereby are protected by the fourteenth article of amendment from invasion by the States, in the prohibition of the abridgment of the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States; of the deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; and of the denial of the equal protection of the laws; and it is contended that section 3959 of the Revised Statutes…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re KemmlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Missouri v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Duncan v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Leeper v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. Caldwell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by236 opinions

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  2. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Parke v. RaleySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. McLaughlin v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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