State v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — Hon. L. B. McAfee, Judge. (1) Yerbal evidence concerning tbe provisions of a contract, admitted to be in writing, is inadmissible. Price v. Hunt, 59 Mo. 258; Kuhn v. Schwartz, 33 Mo. App. 614; Morgan v. Porter, 103 Mo. 140.; Loan & Trust Co. v. Wackman, 71 Mo. App. 277; Williams v. Stifel, 64 Mo.
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Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — Hon. L. B. McAfee, Judge. (1) Yerbal evidence concerning tbe provisions of a contract, admitted to be in writing, is inadmissible. Price v. Hunt, 59 Mo. 258; Kuhn v. Schwartz, 33 Mo. App. 614; Morgan v. Porter, 103 Mo. 140.; Loan & Trust Co. v. Wackman, 71 Mo. App. 277; Williams v. Stifel, 64 Mo. App. 138. (2) The State should not have been permitted to elicit from witness, Minor, his conclusion as to whether or not the defendant was the agent of the Donovan Commission Company. Barrett v. Bailroad, 9 Mo. App. 226; Harrison v. Bailroad, 50 Mo. App. 332;…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
Defendant was convicted in the criminal court of Greene county for embezzling two hundred and fifty dollars, the money of one R. F. McLemore, of whom he was alleged to have been the agent at the time of the embezzlement, and his punishment fixed at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He appeals.
At the time of the commission of the alleged offense and for sometime prior thereto the defendant was, by occupation, a telegraph operator and lived at Springfield, Missouri. About the middle of November, 1898, he became the correspondent of the Donovan Commission Company, a film engaged in the…
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