State v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Sullivan Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. D. Burgess, Judge. (1) The indictment is defective in not alleging that the depot was a building; it should have not only alleged it was a building, but one of a similar kind to those previously enumerated in Revised Statutes, 1889, section 3526, to-wit: “A shop, store, booth, tent or warehouse.”
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Appeal from Sullivan Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. D. Burgess, Judge. (1) The indictment is defective in not alleging that the depot was a building; it should have not only alleged it was a building, but one of a similar kind to those previously enumerated in Revised Statutes, 1889, section 3526, to-wit: “A shop, store, booth, tent or warehouse.” State v. Bryant, 90 Mo. 331; State v. Gilmore*98 Mo. 206; State v. Arnold, 55 Mo. 89; St. Louis v. Laughlin, 19 Mo. 559; Knox City v. Thompson, 19 Mo. App. 523; St. Joseph v. Porter, 29 Mo. App. 605; Bishop on Statutory Crimes [2 Ed.] sec. 215;…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
Defendant was convicted and sentenced by the circuit court of Sullivan county to five years’ imprisonment under an indictment for burglary and larceny. The indictment charged that defendant did 1 ‘break into and enter the depot of the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railway Company in the village of Qreencastle in said county, in which said depot, certain goods, wares and merchandise were then and there kept and deposited, with the intent, certain of the said goods, wares and merchandise, then and there so kept and deposited, feloniously and burglariously to take, steal and carry away; and…
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