State v. Gresser
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. Gresser was indicted for grand larceny, for stealing a cow, of the value of twenty dollars. The owner of the cow testified that he turned her out to graze upon the commons, and two or three days afterwards found her dead and partly cut up near the soap factory of one Kohler. Information derived from Kohler led him to go to the defendant and accuse him of stealing the cow.
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•Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. Gresser was indicted for grand larceny, for stealing a cow, of the value of twenty dollars. The owner of the cow testified that he turned her out to graze upon the commons, and two or three days afterwards found her dead and partly cut up near the soap factory of one Kohler. Information derived from Kohler led him to go to the defendant and accuse him of stealing the cow. Defendant denied the theft, saying that he found the cow dead near Chouteau’s pond, and helped to put her on a dray to be removed. Being further pressed upon the subject, he said he…
1Opinion of the Court
Ryland, Judge.
From the statement of the facts in evidence in this case, it will at once be seen, that the instructions prayed for, on the part of the defendant, should have been given. These instructions became proper and necessary, especially after those given by the court for the State.
In looking into the evidence, as preserved by the bill of exceptions, the mind of one' accustomed to judicial proceedings, especially in criminal cases, becomes somewhat at a loss to account for the conviction of this defendant. We have not yet reached the era in the administration of criminal law, in which…
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