State v. Keller
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cass Circuit Court. — Eon. Andrew A. WMtsitt, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to consider the application of defendant for a change of venue. The application was in due form as required by statutes. Previous notice had been given to the prosecuting attorney before the trial was commenced and before either party had been called -on to announce whether ready for trial or not.
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Appeal from Cass Circuit Court. — Eon. Andrew A. WMtsitt, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to consider the application of defendant for a change of venue. The application was in due form as required by statutes. Previous notice had been given to the prosecuting attorney before the trial was commenced and before either party had been called -on to announce whether ready for trial or not. Kelley, Criminal Practice (3 Ed.), sec. 321; Secs.. 5176, 5179, 5180, 5183, R. S. 1909; Reed v. State, 11 Mo. 380; State v. Lehman, 182 Mo. 443; Corpenny v. Sedalia, 57 Mo. 88; Douglass v. White, 134 Mo.…
1Opinion of the Court
FARIS, P. J.-
Defendant, prosecuted in Cass county upon an information charging her with murder in the first degree, for that, as it was alleged, she had killed her husband, was convicted and her punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of her natural life. After a futile motion for a new trial, she has appealed.
The record is voluminous, but the salient facts and the facts which we think sufficiently make clear the points which it has become necessary for us to discuss, are substantially as follows:
Arthur Keller, the deceased, for whose murder defendant was…
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