State v. Warner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Eugo Muench, Judge. The indictment upon which appellant was tried and convicted concludes, “contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of State.” The definite article “the” before “State” is - omitted in the concluding sentence of the indictment.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Eugo Muench, Judge. The indictment upon which appellant was tried and convicted concludes, “contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of State.” The definite article “the” before “State” is - omitted in the concluding sentence of the indictment. It is only necessary to call the court’s attention to the learned, lucid and exhaustive opinion in State v. Campbell, 210 Mo. 202. The identical proposition is also decided in State v. Skillman, 209 Mo. 408. An examination of the indictment…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On the 5th day of December, 1907, the grand jury of the city of St. Louis returned an indictment, charging the defendant Ferd Warner, and one Frederick Priesmeyer, with the crime of bribery. An application for a change of venue was made and overruled. A severance was granted and *25the defendant Warner was duly arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty.
At the same term he was put upon his trial and convicted and his punishment assessed at two years in the State penitentiary. His motion for a new trial being overruled, he was sentenced in accordance with the verdict. He then filed a bill of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- State v. SkillmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
3Cited by4 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- State ex rel. School District v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- State v. AdkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
- State v. CalvinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912