State v. Boyd
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Hiram'N. Moore, Judge. (1) The indictment is multifarious, and bad for that reason. 1 Bishop’s New Crim. Proc. (4 Ed.), sec. 432; State v. Jamison, 90 N. W. 622; People v. Flaherty, 57 N. E. 73; People v. Williams, 65 Pac. 323; State v. Healy, 50 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Hiram'N. Moore, Judge. (1) The indictment is multifarious, and bad for that reason. 1 Bishop’s New Crim. Proc. (4 Ed.), sec. 432; State v. Jamison, 90 N. W. 622; People v. Flaherty, 57 N. E. 73; People v. Williams, 65 Pac. 323; State v. Healy, 50 Mo. App. 243; State v. Harrison, 62 Ibid. 112; State v. Fox, 148 Mo. 517, 50 S. W. 98.- (2) The indictment does not show knowledge by defendant of any of the matters concerning which it is alleged he was guilty of neglect. State v. Leigh, 3 Dev. & Bat. 127; State v. Darling, 36 Atl. 632.
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
— Omitting caption, the indictment Is as follows:
“The grand jurors of the State of Missouri, within and for the body of the city of St. Louis, now here in court duly empanelled, sworn and charged, upon their oath present, that at the city of St. Louis aforesaid, and on the fifteenth day of February, in the year one thousand and nine hundred and three (and for a long time prior thereto), one Samuel J. Boyd was a public officer and a person holding trust and appointment, within and for the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, to-wit: a member of the metropolitan police force and department…
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