State v. Jacobs
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Criminal Court. — How. Gr. S. Yaw W ago wee, Judge. ’ The verdict and judgment cannot stand, because there is no legal evidence that the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company , is incorporated, as alleged in the indictment.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Criminal Court. — How. Gr. S. Yaw W ago wee, Judge. ’ The verdict and judgment cannot stand, because there is no legal evidence that the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company , is incorporated, as alleged in the indictment. R. S. 1879, sec. 1915; State v. Cheek, 63 Mo. 364. There is no evidence to show that the appellant Philip EL Jacobs received the property, alleged to have been stolen, from any thief who stole them; but, on the contrary, he received them from the owner of the goods, the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, with a knowledge of all the facts. Stephens’…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
The appellant was tried and convicted in the criminal court of the city of St. Louis for receiving stolen' property. ■
The indictment under which he was tried and convicted reads as follows, to-wit:
“St. Louis Criminal Court, )
“May Term, 1883. j
“The grand jurors of the state of Missouri within and for the body of the city of St. Louis, now here in court, duly empanelled, sworn and charged, upon their oath, present that Philip H. Jacobs, late of the city of St. Louis, and state aforesaid, on or about the eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three,…
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