State v. Rumfelt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ripley Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) The information was not assailed before verdict. The motion in arrest questions its validity. The information charges every element of murder in the first' degree. State v. Evans, 158 Mo. 592; State v. Gray, 172 Mo. 434. (2) The evidence tended to show that appellant murdered his brother while he slept. Whatever conflict of evidence there was, was settled by the verdict of the jury.
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Appeal from Ripley Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) The information was not assailed before verdict. The motion in arrest questions its validity. The information charges every element of murder in the first' degree. State v. Evans, 158 Mo. 592; State v. Gray, 172 Mo. 434. (2) The evidence tended to show that appellant murdered his brother while he slept. Whatever conflict of evidence there was, was settled by the verdict of the jury. State v. Miller, 188 Mo. 379; State v. McGee, 188 Mo. 409; State v. Smith, 190 Mo. 723. (3) Numerous exceptions were taken to rulings which were…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is pending upon appeal on the part of the defendant from a judgment of the circuit court of Ripley county, Missouri, convicting him of murder of the first degree.
On the 16th day of February, 19091, the prosecuting attorney of Ripley county filed in the circuit court an information charging appellant with murder in the first degree. At the March term of court appellant waived formal arraignment and entered his plea of not guilty. A jury was forthwith impaneled and sworn and the trial proceeded.
The evidence on the .part of the State tended to show that during the year 1908 defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- State v. GraySupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
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