State v. Van Wye
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling the objections to the competency of the juror Campbell. The voir dire examination clearly shows that he was under the influence of impressions which would close, his mind to evidence.
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Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling the objections to the competency of the juror Campbell. The voir dire examination clearly shows that he was under the influence of impressions which would close, his mind to evidence. State v. Cunningham, 100 Mo. 382; State v. Brooks, 92 Mo. 542; McCarthy v. Railroad, 92 Mo. 536. (2) The indictment should set out the matter alleged to constitute the offense, or at least give facts sufficient to identify the newspaper, such as the place where published, the date, the number of the volume, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The grand jury of Buchanan county preferred the following indictment against the defendant at the March term, 1896, of the criminal court of said county, the first count of which is as follows:
“The grand jurors of the state of Missouri, within and for the body of the county aforesaid, being duly impaneled and sworn, upon their oath do present that J. W. Yan Wye, on the seventh day of March, 1896, at the county of Buchanan, and state aforesaid, unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously, did then - and there engage in the business of disseminating a certain newspaper and printed paper commonly…
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