State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. IL Burckiiartt, Judge. (1) The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial awarded, because of the separation of the jurors. R. S., secs. 1909, 1910, 1966 ; State v. Murray, 91 Mo. 95; State v. Collins, 81 Mo. 652; McLean v. Slate, 8 Mo. 153. This was the rule at common law.
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Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. IL Burckiiartt, Judge. (1) The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial awarded, because of the separation of the jurors. R. S., secs. 1909, 1910, 1966 ; State v. Murray, 91 Mo. 95; State v. Collins, 81 Mo. 652; McLean v. Slate, 8 Mo. 153. This was the rule at common law. McCann v. State, 9 Sm. & M. 465 ; People v. Bachus, 5 Cal. 275 Wood v. State, 34 Ark. 341; Boioan v. State, 30 Wis. 129. (2) The trial court should have granted a new trial because of the newdy-discovered evidence. State v.. Murray, 91 Mo. 95. (3) The trial court committed,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the second degree. The trial took place at the November term, 1882, of the Boone county circuit court, and resulted in a verdict of manslaughter in the third degree. Motions for new trial and in . arrest were filed, and overruled at that term, and the defendant appealed to this court. The cause was stricken from the docket on motion of the Attorney General, because the record disclosed no final judgment. Thereafter, and at the June-term, 1885, of the circuit court,, the defendant, then out on bail, was brought before the court and sentenced in…
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