State v. Seay
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Ralph 8. Latshaiv, Judge. (1) The court erred in not sustaining the defendant ’§ demurrer offered at the close of the State’s case. State v. Tevis, 234 Mo. 276;- State v. Goodale, 210 Mo. 275; State v. Hughes, 167 S. W. 527. (2) The court erred in not sustaining the defendant’s motion filed at the opening of the case, to require the State to elect on which act it would stand.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Ralph 8. Latshaiv, Judge. (1) The court erred in not sustaining the defendant ’§ demurrer offered at the close of the State’s case. State v. Tevis, 234 Mo. 276;- State v. Goodale, 210 Mo. 275; State v. Hughes, 167 S. W. 527. (2) The court erred in not sustaining the defendant’s motion filed at the opening of the case, to require the State to elect on which act it would stand. State v. Palmberg, 199 Mo. 233. (3.) The court, erred in admitting testimony of the subsequent acts of intercourse. State v. Palmberg, 199 Mo. 233. (4) The court erred in…
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant appeals from a conviction in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, on a charge of statutory rape, committed upon one Lucy Hare, a female child under the age of fifteen years.
Seay was fifty-nine years of age, a bachelor, and conducted a card-printing shop at No. 1120 Troost Avenue, Kansas City. The shop was on the ground floor and contained two rooms — one in front where he transacted business, and one in the rear where he slept, and where, the State's evidence went to show, he maintained a cot on which the alleged offense was committed.
Lucy Hare was thirteen years of age and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. TeeterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- State v. CrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
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