Legal Opinion

State v. Brown

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1876PublishedCited by 18 opinions

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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. cited: State vs. Sloan, 47 Mo. 604-13 ; State vs. Linney, 52 Mo. 41 ; State vs. Scott, 17 Mo. 521; State vs. Keene, 50 Mo. 358 ; State vs. Buckner, 25 Mo. 167 ; State vs. Cross, 27 Mo. 332 : State vs. Mathews, 20 Mo. 55 ; State vs. Jones, 61 Mo. 235 ; State vs. Underwood, 57 Mo. 40-51; Kelley’s Crim. Law & Prac., § 132, and authorities there cited ; 17 Q. B. 503 ; 6 Eng. Law & Eq., 352, 504. cited: State vs. Harris, 59 Mo. 554; State vs. Starr, 38 Mo. 270 ; State vs. Levering, 52 Mo. 40, and argued that in State vs. Underwood, the court passing on the case,…

1Opinion of the CourtNorton, Judge

The defendant was indicted at the March Term, 1875, of the Buchanan circuit court, for the murder of James B. Spratt. Defendant was put upon his trial at the July Term, 1875, of said court, and was convicted of murder in the first degree. A reversal of the judgment is sought,-

1st, because the court admitted irrelevant and incompetent evidence ;

2d, because the court erred in giving instructions for the State, and refusing instructions for defendant;

3d, because the record does not show that defendant was present in person -when the motion for new trial was overruled.

*441These objections will be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
State v. StarrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1866
State v. LinneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875

3Cited by18 opinions

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