State v. Hudspeth
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson County Criminal Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to grant defendant a change of venue.
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Appeal from Jackson County Criminal Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to grant defendant a change of venue. Constitution, art. II, sec. 22; R. S. 1889, section 4156 as amended by the legislature in 1895. State v. Guy, 69 Mo. 430; State v. Hunt, 91 Mo. 490; State v. Loe, 98 Mo. 609; State v. Wilson, 85 Mo. 134; State v. Holcomb, 86 Mo. 371; State v. Dyer, 139 Mo. 199, and State v. Whit-ton, 6 8 Mo. 91,inwhichtherule is laid down that the denial of a change of venue by the trial court will not be disturbed except in a case of abuse of judicial…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the September term, 1897, the defendant was indicted for the murder of Joseph W. Kesner in Jackson county, Missouri, on the 17th day of May, 1897.
He was duly arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty.
The cause was tried in Kansas City in June, 1898, and resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the seccfnd degree. Erom the sentence on that conviction defendant appeals. Various errors are assigned.
I. The indictment, omitting the formal caption, is as follows:
The grand jurors for the State of Missouri, in and for the body of the county of Jackson upon their oath present that J.…
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