State v. Howard
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — How. Jno. W. W\offord, Judge. (1) Error was committed by the jury in finding and the court in accepting a verdict for burglary alone. (2) Error was committed by the court in admitting evidence of officer Bowling that he, with a squad of police, broke open doors to defendant’s home in the night and arrested defendant without a warrant, finding a lot of goods there which later on proved to be defendant’s.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — How. Jno. W. W\offord, Judge. (1) Error was committed by the jury in finding and the court in accepting a verdict for burglary alone. (2) Error was committed by the court in admitting evidence of officer Bowling that he, with a squad of police, broke open doors to defendant’s home in the night and arrested defendant without a warrant, finding a lot of goods there which later on proved to be defendant’s. The police did not even have information that a misdemeanor had been committed and that Howard was probably guilty of it. This would not have justified…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
From a conviction of burglary in the criminal court of Jackson county at Kansas City, the defendant appeals.
The prosecution was commenced November 1,1905, by information filed by the prosecuting attorney. The burglary for which defendant was prosecuted was committed on the 21st of October, 1905, by opening a transom in the building known as 509 West Eighth street, Kansas City. Miss Annabelle Beamguard rented and occupied a room in this house and worked for a restaurant near by. Her custom was to go to work about ten o’clock each morning and work until two-thirty in the afternoon. On the 21st…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. JamesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
3Cited by2 opinions
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. American Compounding Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909