State v. Corrigan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) Defendant’s requested instruction should have been given, or, if the court deemed it improper in form, should have been treated as a request for proper instruction covering the subject-matter and it became and was the duty of the court to comply with the same.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) Defendant’s requested instruction should have been given, or, if the court deemed it improper in form, should have been treated as a request for proper instruction covering the subject-matter and it became and was the duty of the court to comply with the same. It is the duty of the court, made such by both statute and long established practice, to instruct the jury upon all questions arising in the case which are necessary for their information in giving a verdict, and a failure so to do has always been held as…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
From a conviction in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis of a violation of section 4476, and a sentence therefor to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years, defendant, after the usual motion for a new trial, has appealed.
*201The specific charge is that defendant took away one Rosa Ronthiser, a female under the age of eighteen years, from her father for the purpose of prostitution.
Such of the facts in the case as are necessary to understand the points raised by the appeal and discussed in the opinion, are as follows:
Rosa Ronthiser (called hereafter for brevity, the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. BlitzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- State v. LarkinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- State v. MaggardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- State v. SperitusSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- State v. HunterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bruce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- State v. PfeiferSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- State v. HillebrandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
- State v. HoweSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921
- State v. CraftSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936
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