State v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. David H. Harris, Judge. The court erred in refusing to sustain defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment on the theory “that the information upon which the defendant was tried was not sufficient in law.” The information charged defendant with having ravished a female cild-. This allegation is not sufficient in law to sustain an information or indictment.
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Appeal from Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. David H. Harris, Judge. The court erred in refusing to sustain defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment on the theory “that the information upon which the defendant was tried was not sufficient in law.” The information charged defendant with having ravished a female cild-. This allegation is not sufficient in law to sustain an information or indictment. Any material allegation in an information or indictment must be definite and specific. State y. Clinkenbeard, 135 Mo. App. 189; State-y. Fairlamb, 121 Mo. 137; State v. Campbell, 210 Mo.. 202; State…
1Opinion of the CourtBbown, P. J.
Defendant was charged with and. convicted of the crime of rape committed upon one-Mandy Williams, and from a judgment of the circuit court of Callaway county sentencing .him to serve a. term of five years in the penitentiary he appeals.
*626No Bill ofExceptions. I. The brief of the Attomey-General filed in this case on January 1, 1913, challenges the sufficiency of the bill of exceptions on the ground that it does not purport to be authenticated by the signature of the circuit judge who tried the case, nor by the signatures of three bystanders, as provided by section 2031, Revised Statutes 1909.
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