State v. Vansant
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — HoN. H. P. White, Judge. The instructions given to the jury were as follows: 1. If you shall find and believe from the evidence that at the county of Jackson, State of Missouri, at any time prior to the 31st day of May, 1883, the day on which the indictment in this cause was filed, the defendant John Van-sant, in the manner and by the means specified in the indictment, willfully, with deliberation, premeditation and malice aforethought,…
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — HoN. H. P. White, Judge. The instructions given to the jury were as follows: 1. If you shall find and believe from the evidence that at the county of Jackson, State of Missouri, at any time prior to the 31st day of May, 1883, the day on which the indictment in this cause was filed, the defendant John Van-sant, in the manner and by the means specified in the indictment, willfully, with deliberation, premeditation and malice aforethought, assaulted and wounded the deceased, Porter Armstrong, and that within one year and a day thereafter, and before the…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, C. J.
The defendant was indicted in the criminal court of Jackson county, at its May term, 1883, for the murder of Porter Armstrong. The only witness of the homicide was a colored cook at a hotel in the city of Independence, where the homicide occurred. She testified as follows : I have lived at Independence several years; know John Vansant. He was working at the Farmers House. I know Porter Armstrong; was working at the Farmers House when Armstrong was shot. Armstrong was shot in the hack-yard at hotel. I was finishing up my work, cleaning the dishes in the kitchen; put on my things to start home;…
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