State v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. E. ’M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The court erred in its instruction upon the presumption from possession of recently stolen property. (2) The court erred in refusing appellant’s instructions upon accounting for the possession of recently stolen property. .. (3) The verdict was against the weight of evidence. (1) The instructions are in- the form many times approved by this court.
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Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. E. ’M. Hughes, Judge. (1) The court erred in its instruction upon the presumption from possession of recently stolen property. (2) The court erred in refusing appellant’s instructions upon accounting for the possession of recently stolen property. .. (3) The verdict was against the weight of evidence. (1) The instructions are in- the form many times approved by this court. They correctly present every issue made by the indictment and the testimony to the jury; they covered every phase of the case and rendered it unnecessary to give some of those…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
— Indictment for burglary in, and larceny from, the dwelling of Otto Martin on the sixteenth of July, 1893, in St. Charles, Missouri. The defendant went acquit of the burglary, and for the larceny his punishment was assessed at three years in the penitentiary.
The burglarious entry was effected in Martin’s dwelling house on the night of Saturday, July 15, 1893, when the theft charged was committed. Among the articles stolen was a gold watch.
*524On Tuesday, the eighteenth of July next thereafter, defendant went into the pawn shop of Thos. Dunn & Co., in St. Louis, and, exhibiting the watch which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. MusickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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