State v. Schneiders
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. The circuit attorney in his closing argument to the jury was allowed by the court, over the objections of the defendant, to heap odium and invective on the head of the defendant in the presence of the jnry by calling him such names as “crook,” “scoundrel,” “whiner,” “perjurer,” “maudlin crook,” “sneak,” and other vile and insulting epithets.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. The circuit attorney in his closing argument to the jury was allowed by the court, over the objections of the defendant, to heap odium and invective on the head of the defendant in the presence of the jnry by calling him such names as “crook,” “scoundrel,” “whiner,” “perjurer,” “maudlin crook,” “sneak,” and other vile and insulting epithets. State v. Prendible, 165 Mo. 329; State v. Fischer, 124 Mo. 464; State v. Kring, 93 Mo. 595'; State v. Jackson, 95 Mo. 653. (1) The indictment follows the language of the statute and…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Prom a conviction in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis of the crime of forgery in the third degree, and a sentence therefor to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years, defendant has appealed.
The indictment contained two counts; the first of which charged him with forging a certain promissorjnote, and the second thereof with uttering said forged note.
The facts in the case as we gather them from the record, are that the Industrial Loan Company (hereafter for brevity called Loan Company), the payee in the note said to have been forged and uttered, is a corporation under…
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- Vonkey v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
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