State v. Keene
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. , I. The court erred in excluding the evidence of the threats. (State v. Sloan, 47 Mo. 604.) II. The court erred in excluding the evidence of the witness, A. Gr. Burton, to the fact that the deceased was in the habit of carrying deadly weapons, and the further fact that he was a quarrelsome, dangerous and desperate man. (Monroe v. The State, 5 Gra. 85; The State v. Hicks, 27 Mo. 588.)
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The defendant was indicted for killing one Evans, and- on the trial the jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree, and assessed his punishment at sixteen years in the penitentiary.
It seems that the defendant had been on terms of amity and good-will with Evans till the day before the killing took place. On that day they met at the house of a friend, together with other company, when the defendant treated Evans with friendship and civility. . But Evans had ascertained that the defendant was engaged to be married to a niece of his wife, and was greatly enraged about, it, and, instead…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. SloanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
- State v. HicksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
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