State v. Hart
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — lion. Edward E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting in evidence the alleged written statement of the defendant, for the reason that said purported statement was not his free and voluntary statement, but was made under duress and through fear and compulsion.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — lion. Edward E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting in evidence the alleged written statement of the defendant, for the reason that said purported statement was not his free and voluntary statement, but was made under duress and through fear and compulsion. State v. Brockman, 46 Mo. 570; State v. Jones, 54 Mo. 478; State v. Brown, 73 Mo. 631; State v. Patterson, 73 Mo. 695; State v. Moore, 160 Mo. 461; State v. Keller, 263 Mo. 556; State v. Powell, 258 Mo. 250. (2) The court erred in permitting the assistant prosecuting attorney, over the…
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant, with one Charles B. Johnson and one Frank McFarland, was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree in killing one Glen M. Shockey, March 9, 1920. The defendant was found guilty as charged, and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Glen M. Shockey was cashier of the South Side Bank. About the time the bank was opened, a few minutes after nine o'clock in the forenoon of March 9, 1920, Shockey was in the bank, as was M.J. McNellis, vice-president of the bank, Miss Eva Lathrop, a stenographer, Henry Strohmeyer, a bookkeeper, and James Monroe…
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