State v. Sanders
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from the Ozark Circuit Court. — W. J. Orr, Esq., Special Judge. (1) An attorney who has been of counsel is not a legal voter; and, although there may have been more than three attorneys qualified to vote, voting at such election, said illegal vote may have changed the result of the election.. R. S. 1889, sec. 3323. (2) W. J. Orr had not the necessary, qualifications of a circuit judge.
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Appeal from the Ozark Circuit Court. — W. J. Orr, Esq., Special Judge. (1) An attorney who has been of counsel is not a legal voter; and, although there may have been more than three attorneys qualified to vote, voting at such election, said illegal vote may have changed the result of the election.. R. S. 1889, sec. 3323. (2) W. J. Orr had not the necessary, qualifications of a circuit judge. Const. 1875, art 6, sec. 26; R. S. 1879, sec. 1107. (3) A continuance should have been granted defendant on application of W. A. Love, who was the only counsel of defendant at the time, and who was…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Ozark county for a felonious assault upon James Stoneman, by shooting him with a rifle from ambush while in his field gathering corn. Stoneman, the prosecuting witness, testified that he saw and recognized defendant immediately after the shooting at the place from which he saw the smoke of the gun. Defendant undertook to prove that he was *192elsewhere when the shooting occurred. The assault was made in the morning between eight and twelve o’clock, and it was shown that defendant arrived on horseback at Rockbridge, six miles…
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