State v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Saline Criminal Court. — Hon. J. E. Raland, Judge. (1) The indictment in this case contains three counts, charging distinct offences, and is a valid and sufficient indictment. The verdict finds defendant “guilty” as charged in the third count, and amounts to an acquittal of the charge contained in the first count.
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Appeal from Saline Criminal Court. — Hon. J. E. Raland, Judge. (1) The indictment in this case contains three counts, charging distinct offences, and is a valid and sufficient indictment. The verdict finds defendant “guilty” as charged in the third count, and amounts to an acquittal of the charge contained in the first count. "Wharton’s Criminal Practice and Pleading, sec. 895; State v. Kattleman, 35 Mo. 107; State v. Whit-ton, 68 Mo. 91; State v. Cofer, 68 Mo. 120; State v. Grimes, 29 Mo. App. 470; State v. Hays, 78 Mo. 600. (2) The dismissal by the state, as to the second count, after the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
There were three counts in the indictment on which the defendant was put upon his trial. All of the counts were properly drawn. The third count is the following: ‘ ‘And the grand jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further *510present and charge that said Don Cameron Patterson, alias A. R. Ruger, on the twentieth day of December, 1890, at the said county of Saline, unlawfully and feloniously did sell, exchange and deliver to the Wood & Huston Bank, a bank then and there duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Missouri, for the consideration of $125, a certain falsely made,…
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