State v. Nerzinger
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from. St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon., Eugo Muench, Judge. (3) The court should have given the instruction on circumstantial evidence requested by defendant, the direct evidence having been thoroughly discredited and impeached. State v. Woolard, 111 Mo. 256; State v. Crone, 209 Mo. 330; State v. Robinson, 117 Mo. 649. And if the instruction was not correctly drafted, the court’s duty was to give a correct one.
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Appeal from. St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon., Eugo Muench, Judge. (3) The court should have given the instruction on circumstantial evidence requested by defendant, the direct evidence having been thoroughly discredited and impeached. State v. Woolard, 111 Mo. 256; State v. Crone, 209 Mo. 330; State v. Robinson, 117 Mo. 649. And if the instruction was not correctly drafted, the court’s duty was to give a correct one. State v. Clark, 147 Mo. 20; State v. Reed, 154 Mo. 122; State v. Hendricks, 172 Mo. 654. (2) The last instruction given by the court and attempting to define a reasonable…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On the 8th day of July, 1907, the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court the following information :
State of Missouri, Oity of St. Louis, ss.
Circuit Court of City of St. Louis, June Term, 1907.
Rickard. M. Johnson, assistant circuit attorney, in and for the city of St. Louis aforesaid, within and for the body of the city of St. Louis, on behalf of the State of Missouri, upon his official oath, information makes as follows:
That Alfred Nerzinger on the ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seven, at the…
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