State v. Mix
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis Criminal Court. I. It is insisted by the defendant that the evidence does not show any legal guilt in the defendant, Mix. There is no evidence in this case, which shows that defendant knew that Williams was passing counterfeit money, nor even raises a legal presumption of his participation. He did no act, nor said one word to Williams which tends to show his participation or countenance to aid or support Williams.
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APPEAL from St. Louis Criminal Court. I. It is insisted by the defendant that the evidence does not show any legal guilt in the defendant, Mix. There is no evidence in this case, which shows that defendant knew that Williams was passing counterfeit money, nor even raises a legal presumption of his participation. He did no act, nor said one word to Williams which tends to show his participation or countenance to aid or support Williams. He ran away, or, as other witnesses for the State say, moved away when the officers came up, to avoid being arrested — a movement not at all inconsistent with…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.
The defendant, Mix, was indicted with one Dick Smith, alias John Williams, for passing counterfeit bank notes. The defendant severed on the trial.
There was pr5of tending to show very plainly, that the two indicted, Mix and Williams, were seen in company, at different places; and that Williams would jiurchase some article of small price, and give a bank note in payy’Sfel-ifisew® cash and other notes in change; that these bank notes, so paid by 'WiMiains, were counterfeit. This was done at “Ja*157coby’s,”' at “Dr. Bragg’s store” and at the “Commercial Exchange,” all in the city of St. Louis. That…
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