State v. Page
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court. — Row. Chas. D. Stewart, Judge. (1) The application for continuance speaks for itself. It shows the utmost diligence to obtain the evidence, and the materiality of it.
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Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court. — Row. Chas. D. Stewart, Judge. (1) The application for continuance speaks for itself. It shows the utmost diligence to obtain the evidence, and the materiality of it. A party resting under so grave a charge, when he had used every means known to him to obtain important evidence, should not be forced to trial when he shows he was acting in the best of faith, and asking for a continuance only for the purpose that he might have the benefit of evidence he knew existed, and had all reason to believe could be later obtained, that would exonerate him from blame…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.
— This cause is brought to this court by appeal from a judgment of conviction of the defendant of murder in the second degree in the Scotland Circuit Court. The information upon which this prosecution is predicated was an amended one and filed in the circuit court of Scotland county on May 15, 1905. Omitting formal parts, it charged the defendant with the offense of murder of the first degree in the following form:
“John E. Luther, prosecuting attorney within and for the county of Scotland and State of Missouri, on his oath of office informs the court and charges the fact to be that the…
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