State v. Roach

The defendant was charged and convicted of an assault and battery, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and imprisonment in the county jail for thirty days. He has appealed the case to this court, and complains of the action of the trial court in rejecting evidence offered by him, and that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the judgment.

*414The information charges that the offense was committed in the city of St. Louis, but no witness testified' to that fact. In this it is claimed that the evidence is deficient. It is true that there is no positive evidence of venue, but that may…