State v. Sanders

At the November term, 1898, of the circuit court of Butler county, the defendant was indicted for the murder of John E. Dacus. He was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree.

He appeals to this court. The only question for decision is the sufficiency of the indictment, which is in the words and figures following, omitting the caption:

“The grand jurors for the State of Missouri, empannelled, sworn and charged to inquire within 'and for the body of the county of Butler and State aforesaid upon their oath present and charge that Alexander Sanders, on the second day of July, 1898, at…