State v. Trott
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Stone Circuit Court. — Hon. W. JD. Hubbard, Judge.' The court below committed error : First. In overruling defendants’ application for a continuance.
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Appeal from the Stone Circuit Court. — Hon. W. JD. Hubbard, Judge.' The court below committed error : First. In overruling defendants’ application for a continuance. “A continuance should always be granted where the facts and circumstances of the case are of a nature to warrant; and where the evidence sought to be obtained is material and must, if adduced, have produced a different result in the verdict and the issue of the case.” 1 Mo. 700 ; 6 Mo. 444 ; 8 Mo. 500 ; 12 Mo. 492 ; 31 Mo. 147; 43 Mo. 127; 92 Mo. 41; and 94 Mo. 79, 312, 648, and cases there cited. Second. In overruling…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The defendants, two boys aged about fourteen and fifteen years respectively, were jointly indicted under the statute against gambling. The indictment charged that at a time and place named they did unlawfully bet a sum of money; to-wit: $1.50, upon a game of cards, commonly called seven-up, then and there played by means of a certain gambling device, to-wit: A pack of cards adapted for the purpose of playing games of chance for money and property, against the peace and dignity the state.
They were arrested under the indictment on the sixth of February, and on the same day entered into a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- State v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- State v. PorterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- State v. McGrawSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
- State v. DouglassSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. BarringtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- People v. WellsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- State v. CytyNevada Supreme Court · 1927
- People v. DerbertCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
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