State v. Martin

The defendant was jointly indicted with Sarah I. Martin, for the murder of George Mizer, at the August term, 1879, of the Laclede county circuit court.

i. criminal law: evidence oí other offenses. At the February term, 1880, of said court, he was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. Motions for new trial and in arrest having been overruled, he brings the cause here by appeal, and assigns various grounds for error, one of which is, that the court, over the objection of defendant, allowed the State to read in evidence two indictments against the defendant charging him with…