State v. Powers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Henry L. Edmunds, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s application for a continuance.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Henry L. Edmunds, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s application for a continuance. (2) The court erred in overruling defendant’s challenge to the array, and his motion to quash the panel, and. his objection to the jury being sworn, inasmuch as the sheriff was interested in the suit, and from the record and knowledge within the breast of the court it should have “appeared” to the court that the sheriff was prejudiced against the defendant and should not have been allowed to skip about on the list and select at his own will what…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The defendant was indicted in the St. Louis criminal court at the January term, 1895, for perjury alleged to have been -committed on the trial of Henry Troll who was charged with corrupt practices at the election in 1894, at which said Troll was a candidate for sheriff of the city of St. Louis.
I. The indictment is sufficient. It distinctly charges that “upon the trial of said issue between the said parties as aforesaid it then and there became and was a material question whether the said Henry Troll did give and pay to the said John L. Powers $50 for the purpose of influencing the vote of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. HuckebySupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- State v. CaveSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State v. DegoniaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
- Woods v. Rowan & CoonNew York Supreme Court · 1809
- Cowgill v. WoodenIndiana Supreme Court · 1830
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. Logan.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- State v. ParkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
- Fenwick v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1929
- State v. MoranSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- State v. TedderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
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