State v. Meals
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. D. H. Eby, Judge. (1) Defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence should have been given. The testimony of the prosecuting witness as to the promise of marriage was not corroborated as required by our statutes.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. D. H. Eby, Judge. (1) Defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence should have been given. The testimony of the prosecuting witness as to the promise of marriage was not corroborated as required by our statutes. State v. Reeves, 97 Mo. 668; State v. Primm, 98 Mo. 368; State v. Me Caskey, 104 Mo. 604. (2) The court should have given defendant’s instruction numbered 1. State v. Reeves, 97 Mo. 668. (3) The action of the court in giving instruction numbered 2 3-4 of its own motion was error, as said instruction negatives the right of…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a conviction for seduction under promise of marriage. There were two counts in the indictment; at the close of the State’s case, upon motion of defendant, the court required the State to elect upon which count it would stand, and in obedience to such requirement by the court, the State elected to stand upon the second count, which is here reproduced:
“And the grand jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present and charge that the said James Meals, late of the county aforesaid, on the twentieth day of August, A. D. 1902, at and in said…
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- State v. PagelsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
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- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State v. ReevesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
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