State v. Punshon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court.—Hon. Silas Woodson, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to permit defendant to prove the peaceable and happy relations of defendant and his wife; what she said as to the cause of her absence from him; and her threats to kill herself; and the reason therefor, and that she 'was an expert in the use of firearms; and was in the habit of carrying a revolver. First.
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Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court.—Hon. Silas Woodson, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to permit defendant to prove the peaceable and happy relations of defendant and his wife; what she said as to the cause of her absence from him; and her threats to kill herself; and the reason therefor, and that she 'was an expert in the use of firearms; and was in the habit of carrying a revolver. First. They were proper subjects to be considered by the jury as explanatory of the means and manner of her death. Second. The fact that the defendant and his wife lived happily together, was proper…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
At the March term, 1894, of the criminal court of Buchanan county, the defendant was indicted for murder of the first degree for having killed and murdered Jennie Punshon, his wife, on the fifth day of January, 1894. At the same term, defendant was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years. The case is in this court on his appeal.
The record discloses the following state of facts: At the time of the homicide defendant and deceased were husband and wife, but for sometime prior thereto they had…
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