State v. Young
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. — Hon. R. H. Roy, Judge. (1) The examination of defendant before the coroner and jury of inquest was not competent evidence against him, and its admission, against objection, was error. State v. Mullins, 101 Mo. 514; State v. Clifford, 53-N. W. Rep. (Ia.) 299; State v. Hobbs, 17 S. E. Rep. 380; State v. Roto, 46 N. W. Rep. (Ia.) 872; People v. Mondon, 103 N. Y. 211; Day v. State, 63 Ga. 667; Wood v. State, 3 S. W. Rep.
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Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. — Hon. R. H. Roy, Judge. (1) The examination of defendant before the coroner and jury of inquest was not competent evidence against him, and its admission, against objection, was error. State v. Mullins, 101 Mo. 514; State v. Clifford, 53-N. W. Rep. (Ia.) 299; State v. Hobbs, 17 S. E. Rep. 380; State v. Roto, 46 N. W. Rep. (Ia.) 872; People v. Mondon, 103 N. Y. 211; Day v. State, 63 Ga. 667; Wood v. State, 3 S. W. Rep. (Tex.) 336; State v. Coffee, 16 Atl. Rep. 151; State v. Young, 1 Wins. (N. 0.) 126; Josephine v. State, 39 Miss. 613; People v. McMahon, 15 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The defendant is charged with the murder of his father, Ludwig Young, on the fifth day of December, 1892. He was indicted at the April term 1893, of the circuit court of Marion county and was tried in June, 1893, and convicted of murder in the first degree. He assigns various errors, which will be examined.
The evidence discloses the following facts: The deceased, Ludwig Young, was a German, thought by some to be between fifty and sixty years of age. by others, much older. Eight or ten years prior to his death he bought a farm near the village of Benbow in the northwest corner of Marion county…
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