State v. Green
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court, Hon. .Tames W. Dunlap, Special Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The contention by the state is that the collection of illegal taxes is within section 1484, Revised Statutes. By respondent the claim is that such offence is a misdemeanor, under section 1487, Revised Statutes. II. Every statute should be construed with reference to the state of the law when it came into effect.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court, Hon. .Tames W. Dunlap, Special Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The contention by the state is that the collection of illegal taxes is within section 1484, Revised Statutes. By respondent the claim is that such offence is a misdemeanor, under section 1487, Revised Statutes. II. Every statute should be construed with reference to the state of the law when it came into effect. Sedgw. on Stat., 124. All laws should be construed in favor of the liberty and security of the citizen. Potter’s Dwarris, 49, 245, 247 and note; Wharton’s Crim. Law, sect.…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.
The defendant was indicted in the Jackson county criminal court, from which, on application of the defendant, the case was removed by change of venue to the Lafayette county criminal court.
The indictment charged that the defendant, ‘ ‘ on the twenty-third day of December, 1881, at the county oJ Jackson, state of Missouri, being then and there the drily elected and qualified collector of the revenues within and for said county and state, being then and there in the exercise of the functions of his office as collector aforesaid, by collecting and receiving taxes due upon the taxable personal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. DeBarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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- State v. HealyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- State v. HarrisonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895