State v. Wisdom
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Heney L. Edmunds, Judge. (1) The state having offered in evidence defendant’s statement made before the coroner, thereby made him its own witness and could not afterwards impeach him. Jones v. State, 13 S. W. Rep. (Tex.)990; State v. Thomas. 99 Mo. 235. (2) The statements made by defendant at the coroner’s inquest were inadmissible.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Heney L. Edmunds, Judge. (1) The state having offered in evidence defendant’s statement made before the coroner, thereby made him its own witness and could not afterwards impeach him. Jones v. State, 13 S. W. Rep. (Tex.)990; State v. Thomas. 99 Mo. 235. (2) The statements made by defendant at the coroner’s inquest were inadmissible. State v. Lamb, 28 Mo. 218; State v. Bilanshj, 3 Minn. 246; Alfred v. State, 2 Swan (Tenn.), 581; United States v. Larnand, 3 Wall. Reports, 144; United States v. KirJcwood, 5 Utah, 127; Southard v. Bexfordf Cowen (N.…
1Opinion of the CourtG-antt, P. J.
The defendant was indicted, together with one John Willard for the murder, in the first degree, of Edward Drexler, in the city of St. Louis, on the twenty-fourth day of April, 1892, by beating and wounding him on the head with an iron bar; Willard was charged with being present, aiding and abetting the murder. Defendant was duly arraigned at the May term, 1892, and entered a plea of not guilty. A severance was granted. The cause was tried at the March term, 1893, and defendant convicted of murder in the first degree. The evidence was in substance as follows:
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