State v. Bowen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Carter Circuit Court. — Hon. W. N. Evans, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
ROY, C.
A jury convicted defendant of rape committed upon Naomi Headrick, a female child under the age of 14 years. His punishment was fixed at five years in the penitentiary. A former appeal in this case resulted in a reversal on account of the erroneous admission of impeaching evidence. [247 Mo. 584.]
It would serve no good purpose to encumber the reports with a restatement of the facts except in so far as they are different from those on the former appeal.
On the second trial three physicians testified that calomel is of a nature tending to produce abortion, thus strengthening a weak point in…
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- State v. PattonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
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