State v. Mayor
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from 81. Charles Circuit Court.- — Hon W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) The judge having the authority to make the order on the back of the reporter’s notes, the filing of the bill of exceptions was in time. (2) The evidence does not support the verdict. (3) Instruction number 1, given by the court on its own motion, is erroneous. State v. Reeves, 97 Mo. 668. (4) The jury should have been told what constituted reasonable doubt. State v. Nueslin, 25 Mo.
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Appeal from 81. Charles Circuit Court.- — Hon W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) The judge having the authority to make the order on the back of the reporter’s notes, the filing of the bill of exceptions was in time. (2) The evidence does not support the verdict. (3) Instruction number 1, given by the court on its own motion, is erroneous. State v. Reeves, 97 Mo. 668. (4) The jury should have been told what constituted reasonable doubt. State v. Nueslin, 25 Mo. Ill; Stale v. Evans, 55 Mo. 460; State v. Heed, 57 Mo. 252; State v. Christian, 66 Mo. 138; State v. Gann, 72 Mo. 374. (5) A new trial should…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted at the March term, 1888, of the St. Charles circuit court for seducing a female under twenty-one years of age, under promise of marriage. The question presented at the threshold of the case is whether there is any bill of exceptions which we are at liberty to consider.
On the ninth of April. 1888, and at the said March-term, the court made an order that the bill of exceptions be signed and filed on or before the twentieth day of June, 1888, in vacation. This order was made with the consent of the prosecuting attorney and the attorney for the defendant. The…
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