State v. Sibley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. Henby C. Riley, Judge. (1) The letters written to Lula Hawkins in St. Louis by her mother in answer to letters from her daughter were clearly incompetent, though they were penned by defendant at the dictation of Mrs. Sibley. The same may be said of the letters written to Mrs. Laura Hobbs, of St. Louis, by Mrs. Sibley, the mother of Lula Hawkins; neither Mrs. Sibley nor Mrs. Hobbs have any connection with this case.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. Henby C. Riley, Judge. (1) The letters written to Lula Hawkins in St. Louis by her mother in answer to letters from her daughter were clearly incompetent, though they were penned by defendant at the dictation of Mrs. Sibley. The same may be said of the letters written to Mrs. Laura Hobbs, of St. Louis, by Mrs. Sibley, the mother of Lula Hawkins; neither Mrs. Sibley nor Mrs. Hobbs have any connection with this case. State v. Minton, 116 Mo. 605; Commission Go. v. Express Co., 53 Mo. App. 284; Golts v. Griswold, 113 Mo. 114; State v. Ulrich, 110 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
From a conviction and sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years for defiling, debauching, and carnally knowing one Lula Hawkins, a female under the age of eighteen years, who was charged to- have been ■confided to his care and protection, defendant appealed.
Lula is the daughter of defendant’s wife, Roxie, by a former husband, and at the time of her mother’s marriage with defendant was about nine years of age. From that time on defendant clothed her and sent her to school, until she was twelve or thirteen years old, when she refused to go. She, however, continued to…
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