Legal Opinion
State v. Reakey
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 26, 1876PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error to Lincoln Circuit Court. cited: Wag. Stat. 445, sec. 1; State v. Jones, 20 Mo. 58; Old Const., sec. 26; Art. 6, New Const., sec. 38; State v. Loper, 19 Mo. 254; State v. Manafield, 41 Mo. 470.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
Henry Reakey was indicted at the fall term of the Circuit «Court of Lincoln county, in October, 1875, for the murder ■of his wife. He was tried and convicted of murder in the *4first degree. Motions in arrest and for a new trial were made and overruled, and, exceptions being properly taken, the case is brought here by writ of error.
The counsel for appellant contend that the motion in arrest should have been sustained by reason of the insufficiency of the indictment.
The indictment is as follows:
“ State of Missouri, county of Lincoln. The grand jurors of the State of Missouri, summoned from the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- Lester v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1846
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