State v. McKinzie
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court. — Hon. J. A. Hookaday, Judge. (1) The verdict in this case is clearly against all the evidence in the case. While this court will not lightly interfere with the verdict of a jury, even iu a criminal case, yet if a verdict is the result of passion or prejudice, rather than of evidence, this court will not sanction it.
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Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court. — Hon. J. A. Hookaday, Judge. (1) The verdict in this case is clearly against all the evidence in the case. While this court will not lightly interfere with the verdict of a jury, even iu a criminal case, yet if a verdict is the result of passion or prejudice, rather than of evidence, this court will not sanction it. State v. Paclmood, 26 Mo. 340; State v. Brosius, 39 Mo. 534; State v. Mansfield, 41 Mo. 470; State v. Daubert, 42 Mo. 239 ; State v. Burgdorf, 53 Mo. 65; State v. Jaeger, 66 Mo. 173 ; Robinson v. Musser, 78 Mo. 153 ; State v. Castor, 93 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtTi-iomas, J.
— The defendants were tried in the Randolph circuit court at Moberly in June, 1890, for the killing of John Emery. They were both found guilty of murder of the second degree, John McKinzie being-sentenced to the penitentiary for fifty-two years and Alexander McKinzie for ten, and the case is here on appeal. Defendants, through their counsel, contend that the court below erred in its instructions to the jury; in excluding competent and admitting incompetent evidence; in permitting the prosecuting attorney to cross-examine defendants as to matters not referred to by them in their examination in…
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