Buckley v. Hall
Supreme Court of Missouri
Habeas Corpus. (1) A State Legislature bas plenary power of legislation and may pass any and all laws not prohibited by the Constitution of the State or of the United States. Cass Co. v. Jack, 49 Mo. 196; Ex parte Roberts, 166 Mo. 207; Lewis’ Sutherland Stat. Con.
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Habeas Corpus. (1) A State Legislature bas plenary power of legislation and may pass any and all laws not prohibited by the Constitution of the State or of the United States. Cass Co. v. Jack, 49 Mo. 196; Ex parte Roberts, 166 Mo. 207; Lewis’ Sutherland Stat. Con. (2 Ed.), sec. 5. (2) The constitutional provision providing for mode of procedure must be construed liberally in favor of accused, and the Legislature has the constitutional right to regulate the procedure by information, and to prescribe a procedure different from that of the common law. State v. Runze, 105 Mo. App. 319; State v.…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.
This is an original proceeding in this court by the petitioner for discharge from the penitentiary of this State, where he is now confined in pursuance of a sentence and judgment of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis. The petition, as well as the return, discloses that the petitioner was convicted of the crime of robbery in the first degree, at the February term, 1908, of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, and that his punishment was assessed at a term of five years in the penitentiary of this State; that judgment was pronounced and sentence passed in accordance with the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Washburn v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
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- State v. BarnettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1865
- Ex Parte McLaughlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Ex parte ClaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
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