Legal Opinion

State v. Waters

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. cited State vs. Klinger, 46 Mo., 224; State vs. Hays, 23 Mo., 287. cited Magu. Sfat., 1102, §§ 7,8 ; State vs. Klinger, 46 Mo., 224; State vs. Buckner, 25 Mo., 167,169, 170, 171; State vs. McCarron, 51 Mo., 27, 28; State vs. Holme, 51 Mo., 153, 166; Wagn. Stat., 800, § 21; Taylor vs. Pae. R. R. Co., 15 Cal., 323; State vs. Scroggins, 37 Cal., 677; Cooley vs. State, 38 Tex., 636; Gladdin vs. State, 13 Pla., 623.

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge

The only question in this ease relates to the action of the circuit court in impaneling a jury for the trial of the cause.

The record states, that on the 6th day of October, 1875, the defendant, being brought into court, waived a formal arraignment and put in the plea of “not guilty,” and agreed that the cause might be set down for trial on the 8th day of the month. The defendant, by his attorneys, filed a written motion on the 7th, the next day, requiring that a panel of forty competent jurymen should be furnished forty-eight hours before the day of trial. In compliance with the motion, on…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. HolmeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  2. State v. KlingerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
  3. State v. McCarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. FoleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  2. State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
  3. State v. BryantSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
  4. State v. GambleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  5. State v. MaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1902

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