Legal Opinion

State v. Reed

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 19, 1897PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from Platte Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Rucker, Judge. (1) The jurors, J. H. Carson, Milton Park, R. T. Murry, Henry E. Williams, J. T. Price, John Woolston, D. B. Higgins, and William J. Large were not qualified jurors, and the court committed error in disallowing defendant’s challenge to said jurors.

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Appeal from Platte Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Rucker, Judge. (1) The jurors, J. H. Carson, Milton Park, R. T. Murry, Henry E. Williams, J. T. Price, John Woolston, D. B. Higgins, and William J. Large were not qualified jurors, and the court committed error in disallowing defendant’s challenge to said jurors. State v. Cullen, 82 Mo. 623; State v. Walton, 74 Mo. 270; State v. Bryant, 90 Mo. loc..cit. 279; State v.Bobinson, 117 Mo. loe. cit. 659 and 660. (2) It was error for the court to -command the panel of forty to disperse and go to their homes from the twenty-third day of April till the…

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

At the August term, 1895, of the circuit court of Platte county the defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, for having at said county on the sixteenth day of August, 1895, shot to death with a pistol one James Newton Winn.

Judge Herndon of the Platte circuit on being disqualified to try the case called Judge W. W. Rucker of the twelfth circuit, before whom the case was tried at the April term, 1896, of said circuit court, resulting in the conviction of defendant for murder in the second degree, and the fixing of his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the. term of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Pond v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Ruloff v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. Keener v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  5. State v. StarrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1866

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. DeblerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. State v. ChurchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  3. State v. GartrellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
  4. State v. BobbittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  5. State v. GrierMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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