Legal Opinion

State v. Chick

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 9, 1920PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — -Hon. Alonzo D. ‘Burns, Judge. (1) The indictment fails to allege that defendant either sold, assigned or delivered the note to Miss Kennedy or that Miss Kennedy bought it and parted with her money for it, relying on the false or fraudulent representations of defendant. It is, therefore, fatally' defective and will not' support a conviction.

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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — -Hon. Alonzo D. ‘Burns, Judge. (1) The indictment fails to allege that defendant either sold, assigned or delivered the note to Miss Kennedy or that Miss Kennedy bought it and parted with her money for it, relying on the false or fraudulent representations of defendant. It is, therefore, fatally' defective and will not' support a conviction. State v. Bonnell, 46 Mo. 307; State v. Saunders, 6131 Mo. 484; State v. Clay, 100 Mo. 580; State v. Hathaway, 106 Mo. 236; State v. Terry, 100 Mo. 501; State v. Stowe, 132 Mo. 199; State v. Barber, 1136 Mo. 443 ; State…

1Opinion of the Court

Joseph S. Chick, Jr., was indicted by a grand jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, in which he is charged that by the use of false representation and pretense he feloniously defrauded Miss. A.P.I. Kennedy of the sum of $1600. He was tried in said court before a jury on the 11th day of the September term, 1918, and convicted, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary. Motions for new trial and in arrest were filed and overruled by the court, and exceptions to that action were duly preserved. The case is regularly here on defendant's appeal.

Miss. A.P.I. Kennedy…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. TerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  2. State v. MyersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
  3. State v. CarraginSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  4. State v. VandenburgSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  5. State v. HubbardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. ChamineakSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  2. State v. McGlatherySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  3. State v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
  4. State v. ChaneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  5. State v. DetloffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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