Legal Opinion

State v. Tobie

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 23, 1897PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. John W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The second count of the indictment upon which defendant was convicted fails to charge that defendant caused to be forged the deed alleged in the indictment, with a felonious intent to defraud, and therefore fails to state facts sufficient to constitute any offense under the law of this State. R. S. 1889, sec. 3626; Mattisonv.

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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. John W. Wofford, Judge. (1) The second count of the indictment upon which defendant was convicted fails to charge that defendant caused to be forged the deed alleged in the indictment, with a felonious intent to defraud, and therefore fails to state facts sufficient to constitute any offense under the law of this State. R. S. 1889, sec. 3626; Mattisonv. State, 3 Mo. 421; State v. Jackson, 89 Mo. 561; State v. Clayton, 100 Mo. 519; State v. Taylor, 117 Mo. 181; State v. Fairlamb, 121 Mo. 137; State v. Norman, 136 Mo. 1; State v. Rucker, 93 Mo. 91;…

1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.

— The defendant was jointly indicted with Alan F. Reed and John T. Ebbs in the criminal court of Jackson county at the September term, 1895. A severance was granted, and Reed and Tobie were separately tried. The latter, the defendant herein, was convicted on the twenty-ninth of April, 1897, of having feloniously caused to be forged in Jackson county, Missouri, a certain deed, purporting to be the act of one 0. E. Wetmore, to certain lands in Leavenworth county, Kansas, by which the title thereto purported to be conveyed to one F. L. Kirkbride with the intent then and there to defraud said…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  2. Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  3. State v. HopperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
  4. State v. Albert & Charles TalbottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  5. State v. DonnellySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. SharplessSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
  3. State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  4. State v. CroninSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  5. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933

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