Ralls County v. Stephens
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Ralls Circuit Court. — Row. R. R. Eby, Judge. (1) This statute gives no authority to offer reward for conviction. The State of Missouri has never hungered for the blood even of murderers to such an extent as to offer a reward for their conviction. Thornton v. Railroad, 42 Mo. App. 68. (2) Carter did not make the arrest of Johnson as the agent of Stephens. The murder was committed in Ralls county.
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Appeal from Ralls Circuit Court. — Row. R. R. Eby, Judge. (1) This statute gives no authority to offer reward for conviction. The State of Missouri has never hungered for the blood even of murderers to such an extent as to offer a reward for their conviction. Thornton v. Railroad, 42 Mo. App. 68. (2) Carter did not make the arrest of Johnson as the agent of Stephens. The murder was committed in Ralls county. The arrest was made in the city of Milan, in Sullivan county, of which city Carter was at the time marshal. Stephens was a deputy sheriff of Monroe county. Both the murder and the arrest…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
These parties are in litigation over an award offered by Ralls county for the murderer of one of its citizens, Marcus D. McRae, who was slain and robbed on April 28, 1902. The cause was tried on an agreed statement of the facts; but as the recitals of that. *118statement are more elaborate than.we care to copy in full, we will extract from it the important facts on which we rest our decision.
Stephens was deputy sheriff of Monroe county at the time stated, and resided in Monroe City, a short distance from the scene of the murder, which was in the northwest corner of Ralls county. On May 1st,.three…
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