Legal Opinion

State v. Foster

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Appeals. cited State vs. Bryant, 55 Mo., 79; State vs. Wyatt, 50 Mo., 310 ; State vs. Ostrander, 30 Mo., 17-20 ; State vs. Smith, 53 Mo., 271; Sloan’s Case, 47 Mo., 604; State vs. Dunn, 18 Mo., 224 ; State vs. Haves, 23 Mo., 324; State vs. Holme, 54 Mo., 161; State vs. Underwood, 57 Mo., 49 ; State Const., Art. I, § 18 ; Id., Art. YI, § 26; Lemon vs. State, 6 Am.

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Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Appeals. cited State vs. Bryant, 55 Mo., 79; State vs. Wyatt, 50 Mo., 310 ; State vs. Ostrander, 30 Mo., 17-20 ; State vs. Smith, 53 Mo., 271; Sloan’s Case, 47 Mo., 604; State vs. Dunn, 18 Mo., 224 ; State vs. Haves, 23 Mo., 324; State vs. Holme, 54 Mo., 161; State vs. Underwood, 57 Mo., 49 ; State Const., Art. I, § 18 ; Id., Art. YI, § 26; Lemon vs. State, 6 Am. Eep., 293; 5th Amend, to U. S. Const. cited in argument, State vs. Jones, 20 Mo., 59 ; State vs. Dunn, 18 Mo., 421; State vs. Holme, 54 Mo., 153 ; State vs. Hays, 23 Mo., 287 ; State vs. Stan1, 38 Mo.,…

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge

This cause comes here for review from a judgment of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, affirming a conviction in the circuit court. The main errors assigned are the defectiveness of the indictment and the giving and refusing of instructions. It is insisted that the indictment is fatally defective because it uses the words “State of Mo.,” instead of “State of Missouri,” although the record shows that it was found by a grand jury at a regular term of the Warren county circuit court. By article VI, § 26, of the Constitution, in force when these proceedings were had, it is declared that “ all wilts…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
  2. State v. StarrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1866
  3. State v. HolmeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  4. State v. SchoenwaldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
  5. Davis v. WoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1841

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. RobertsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  2. Savage v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
  3. State v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  4. State v. FairlambSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  5. State v. Albert & Charles TalbottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881

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