State v. Knost
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ho». Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) The information is fatally defective. It fails to charge a. public offense or this defendant with the commission of any offense. It is silent as to whom the concubinage was to be committed with. It fails to charge that defendant took prosecutrix away for the purpose of concubinage with himself. The two elements, the taking away, etc., followed by actual “concubinage” must be alleged and proved.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ho». Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) The information is fatally defective. It fails to charge a. public offense or this defendant with the commission of any offense. It is silent as to whom the concubinage was to be committed with. It fails to charge that defendant took prosecutrix away for the purpose of concubinage with himself. The two elements, the taking away, etc., followed by actual “concubinage” must be alleged and proved. State v. Jones, 191 Mo. 653; State v. Adams, 179: Mo. 334; State v. Gibson, 111 Mo. 92; State v. Boobst, 131 Mo. 328; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
— On October 23, 1906, the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis filed an information, duly verified, charging that defendant, on the 22d of September, 1906', at the city of St. Louis, one Fannie Six, a female under the age of eighteen years, from one Mathias Six, who then and there had the legal charge *20of the said Fannie Six, feloniously did take away for the purpose of concubinage, against the peace and dignity of the State. The defendant was duly arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and at the December term, 1906, was tried and found guilty and his punishment assessed at,two years in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. BusseySupreme Court of Kansas · 1897
- State v. GibsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- State v. BatemanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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