Steerman v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis Criminal Court. It is contended on the part of the appellant, that the judgment of the St. Louis Criminal court in this case ought to be reversed, and the prisoner discharged upon the points following: 1st. The State did not prove the verme as laid in the indictment. 2nd. The defendant was charged with one offence and tried for another. 3rd.
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APPEAL from St. Louis Criminal Court. It is contended on the part of the appellant, that the judgment of the St. Louis Criminal court in this case ought to be reversed, and the prisoner discharged upon the points following: 1st. The State did not prove the verme as laid in the indictment. 2nd. The defendant was charged with one offence and tried for another. 3rd. The law upon which the indictment is founded is unconstitutional. 1. That the indictment is in proper form, so far as the record shews. 2. The bill of exceptions does not set out all the evidence. From aught that appears in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcBride, J.
At the January term, 1846, George W. Steerman was indicted by the "’grand jury of St. Louis county, for grand larceny, and on a trial being had, was found guilty. He then filed a motion to set aside the verdict and grant him a new trial, for the following reasons:
1. Because the instructions of the court to the jury were erroneous.
2. Because the court refused to give the instructions asked by the counsel for the said defendant.
3. Because there was a material variance between the charge and the proof in the indictment.
4. Because the verdict was against the evidence.
5. Because this court has not…
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