State v. Levy
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. S. Herndon, Judge. The defendants were indicted, tried and convicted at the May term, 1894, of the Clinton circuit court of the crime of robbery in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twenty-five years each.
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Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. S. Herndon, Judge. The defendants were indicted, tried and convicted at the May term, 1894, of the Clinton circuit court of the crime of robbery in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of twenty-five years each. This robbery is alleged to have occurred on the the twenty-sixth day of June, 1891. Four counts in the indictment charge the crime of robbery, while the fifth and sixth counts charge that Trice was swindled by means of a confidence game known as three-card monte. Before going to trial, defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
— Various errors are assigned as grounds for reversing the judgment rendered.
I. The refusal of the trial court to issue a commission to take depositions in the state of Illinois, and to continue the cause for a few days for that purpose, can not be noticed because not set forth in the motion for a new trial. 7
II. Relative to the alleged improper conduct of the prosecuting attorney in pointing with his pencil to defendant Haight, there are three answers:
First. That other witnesses had identified Haight, before and after the witness Stonum’s attention was said to be thus directed to Haight by…
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