State v. Decker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — How. A. W. * Lincoln, Judge. (1) On the evidence of the State the court should have directed a verdict of acquittal, because, first, there was no evidence offered to prove that the St. Louis and Suburban Railroad Company was a corporation. Sec. 995, R. S. 1899; Sch.
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Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — How. A. W. * Lincoln, Judge. (1) On the evidence of the State the court should have directed a verdict of acquittal, because, first, there was no evidence offered to prove that the St. Louis and Suburban Railroad Company was a corporation. Sec. 995, R. S. 1899; Sch. Dist.'v. Dorton, 125 Mo. 439. The existence of a corporation is proved by showing a valid instrument of incorporation and of uses -thereunder. 10 Cyc. 235. (2) Not only was the evidence insufficient to prove the incorporation but it proves, if anything, another and different corporation. That…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On the 13th day of September, 1902, at the June term of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, the circuit attorney filed an information against the defendant charging him and fifteen other alleged members of the House of Delegates of said city, jointly, with the crime of bribery. On October 8, 1902, defendant was duly arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty. The cause not having been brought to trial on June 8, 1904, the court permitted the circuit attorney to amend the information by having the same verified by a competent witness, to-wit, John K. Murrell. On motion of the…
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