State v. Hyde
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from. Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Ralph 8. Latshaw, Judge. (1) Indictment is illegal and void and the defendant should he discharged. State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199; United States v. Riley, 74 Fed. 210'; State v. Drake, 30 N. J. L. 422; State v. Wiseback, 139 Mo. 214; State v. Thompson, 137 Mo. 620; State v. Meysenberg, 171 Mo. 51; State v. Hall, 130 Mo.
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Appeal from. Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Ralph 8. Latshaw, Judge. (1) Indictment is illegal and void and the defendant should he discharged. State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199; United States v. Riley, 74 Fed. 210'; State v. Drake, 30 N. J. L. 422; State v. Wiseback, 139 Mo. 214; State v. Thompson, 137 Mo. 620; State v. Meysenberg, 171 Mo. 51; State v. Hall, 130 Mo. App. 175; State v. Krueger, 134 Mo. 262; State v. Barbee, 136 Mo. 440. (2) The evidence of the State is wholly insufficient to sustain the verdict. State v. Nesenhener, 164 Mo. 461; State v. Jackson, 95 Mo. 623; State v. Moxley, 102…
1Opinion of the CourtFerriss, J.
— At the April term, 1910, of the criminal court of Jackson county, the defendant was tried for the murder, by poison, of Colonel Thomas H. Swope (spoken of hereafter as Col. Swope), found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He complains that the trial court committed numerous errors in the course of the proceedings, and on his appeal to this .court asks that the judgment be reversed.
The case comes here with a voluminous record of more than four thousand typewritten pages, representing a trial that iasted more than a month.
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