State v. Bobbst
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) There is no indictment in the case. The record nowhere shows that the grand jury returned an indictment against defendant. R. S. 1889, sec. 4092. (2) It was error to permit the father of the prosecutrix to testify that he sent her money to enable her to come home. It was not pertinent to any issue in the cause and was damaging to defendant.
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Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. (1) There is no indictment in the case. The record nowhere shows that the grand jury returned an indictment against defendant. R. S. 1889, sec. 4092. (2) It was error to permit the father of the prosecutrix to testify that he sent her money to enable her to come home. It was not pertinent to any issue in the cause and was damaging to defendant. (3) The court erred in refusing to admit testimony offered to show that the prosecutrix was a harlot previous to her being taken away by Bobbst. State v. Gibson, 111 Mo. 92; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The defendant was indicted at the April term, 1893, of the circuit court of Montgomery county. There are two counts in the indictment; in the first he was charged with taking Martha B. Butler, a female child under the age of eighteen years, from the custody of her father, for the purpose of prostitution; in the second count he is charged with having taken her on October 12, 1892, from the custody of her father, for the purpose of concubinage and cohabitation with him as man and wife without authority of law and without legal marriage, against the peace and dignity of the state. He was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- State v. NuesleinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1857
- State v. UlrichSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- State v. GibsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- State v. FischerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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