State v. O'Brien
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ho». Geo. H. Shields, Judge. (1) The indictment in this case charges that the appellant “then and there unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, knowingly, falsely and fraudulently did sign said registers, poll hooks and hooks of registration of said election precinct, in the margin on said books provided for the signatures of registered electors and voters, under the said name John Murphy, by writing on said books the words and name…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ho». Geo. H. Shields, Judge. (1) The indictment in this case charges that the appellant “then and there unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, knowingly, falsely and fraudulently did sign said registers, poll hooks and hooks of registration of said election precinct, in the margin on said books provided for the signatures of registered electors and voters, under the said name John Murphy, by writing on said books the words and name “John Murphy.” It appeared from the evidence that there were four books of registration kept by the registration officers…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
The defendant was indicted at the June term, 1908, of the eircnit court of the city of St. Lonis, for the offense of falsely and fraudulently registering on the election registration books of the third precinct of the Sixteenth ward of the city of St. Louis under a name not his own, tcwwit, under the name of John Murphy, his true name being Thomas O’Brien. At the December term, 1908, of said court the defendant was tried and convicted of said offense, his punishment being assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of three years and six months.
After motions for new trial and in…
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- State v. CummingsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- State v. SharpSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- State v. TiernanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- State v. ExniciousSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
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