State v. Norman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spencer, Judge.. (1) Defendants raised the point in the motion for a new trial that the court failed to instruct upon all the law of the ease. No such objection was raised at the time the instructions were given the jury. It comes too late when for the first time raised in the motion for new trial. This court has so held.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spencer, Judge.. (1) Defendants raised the point in the motion for a new trial that the court failed to instruct upon all the law of the ease. No such objection was raised at the time the instructions were given the jury. It comes too late when for the first time raised in the motion for new trial. This court has so held. (3) The newly-discovered evidence is not set out in the motion, nor is a proper showing in regard to it made in any essential respect. It can not here be considered. Allegations in the motion for new trial do not…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
At the February term, 1900, of the circiut court of the city of St. Louis, defendants were convicted and their punishment fixed at two years’ imprisonment each in the penitentiary, under an indictment charging them with taking away a female under the age of eighteen years for the purpose of prostitution. They appeal.
Since the case has been pending in this court, Alice Norman has dismissed her appeal.
The facts are substantially as follows:
Susie Wilson had been employed for more than two years at the Planters Hotel in the city of St. Louis, first as “dishwasher,” and then as a “scrub girl.” She…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. CantlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- State v. MeadowsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- State v. WatersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
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