State v. Riddle
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Hickory Circuit Court. — Hon. C. H. Shinher, Judge. (1) Tke court gave improper instructions on the part of tke State and refused proper instructions asked by tke defendant, a. Tkere was no evidence on wkick to base tke second instruction, but tke jury found kim not guilty of tke ckarge to wkick tkat kad reference, b. Tke fiftk instruction is entirely too general and is a dissertation on insanity ratker tkan an instruction, c.
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Appeal from Hickory Circuit Court. — Hon. C. H. Shinher, Judge. (1) Tke court gave improper instructions on the part of tke State and refused proper instructions asked by tke defendant, a. Tkere was no evidence on wkick to base tke second instruction, but tke jury found kim not guilty of tke ckarge to wkick tkat kad reference, b. Tke fiftk instruction is entirely too general and is a dissertation on insanity ratker tkan an instruction, c. Defendant’s fiftk instruction skould kave been given as tkere was no direct or positive evidence tkat defendant entered into tke kouse and tke breaking and…
1Opinion of the CourtFerriss, J.
— Defendant was convicted of burglary in the second degree, upon an indictment which charged him with breaking into and entering the dwelling house of Lizzie Edde, with intent to steal therefrom “certain goods and chattels.” The indictment also charged the larceny of certain money contained in the dwelling, the property of said Lizzie; but of this latter charge the defendant was acquitted.
The position taken by the defendant here appears from the following excerpt from the brief filed by his counsel:
“The defense is that the defendant, from all the facts in the ease, could not have been at the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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