State v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cooper Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. F. Longan, Special Judge. (1) Apperson and George were both disqualified as jurors, having formed an opinion from reading the testimony of the witnesses at the coroner’s inquest. State v. Culler, 82 Mo. 623; State v. ITultz, 106 Mo. 53; State v. Robinson, 117 Mo. 649; State v. Foley, 144 Mo. 600. (2) That the objection was not made more specific is immaterial in this case.
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Appeal from Cooper Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. F. Longan, Special Judge. (1) Apperson and George were both disqualified as jurors, having formed an opinion from reading the testimony of the witnesses at the coroner’s inquest. State v. Culler, 82 Mo. 623; State v. ITultz, 106 Mo. 53; State v. Robinson, 117 Mo. 649; State v. Foley, 144 Mo. 600. (2) That the objection was not made more specific is immaterial in this case. The object of specification is to apprise the court of the ground of objection. The cross-examination of these jurors and the participation of the court in this examination,…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, P. J.
For the murder of William L. Hennicke, a policeman of Boonville, by shooting him with a pistol, defendant, a negro, was put upon his trial, which re-*101suited in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree; judgment and sentence accordingly.
The homicide happened on this wise: A number of business houses in Boonville had been burglarized during the month of March of last year, which closed the nineteenth century, nor did the burglars neglect the cigar store of Louis Bernard; it had been burglarized three or four times in succession, the last time the night before, and the cash drawer each…
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