State v. Concelia
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Ralph $. Latshaw, Judge. The evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment of the court, (a) The evidence fails to establish the corpus delicti. Wills on Circum. Ev. (Ed. 1905), p.^297; State v. Francis, 199 Mo. 671; State v.. Johnson, 209 Mo. 346; State v. Jones, 106 Mo. 313; State v. Knows, 90 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. Ralph $. Latshaw, Judge. The evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment of the court, (a) The evidence fails to establish the corpus delicti. Wills on Circum. Ev. (Ed. 1905), p.^297; State v. Francis, 199 Mo. 671; State v.. Johnson, 209 Mo. 346; State v. Jones, 106 Mo. 313; State v. Knows, 90 Mo. App. 240; State v. Baker, 144 Mo. 323; State v. White, 189 Mo. 339; State v. German, 54 Mo. 526; Talooski v. State, 82 Wis. 580; State v. Gragg, 122 N. C. 1082; Abbott v. Com., 42 S. W. (Ky.) 344; State v. Millmeier, 102 Iowa, 692; Harris…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
Defendant was charged by information in the criminal court of Jackson county with murder in the first degree, for that, as is charged, he had killed an unknown man, designated in the information as John Doe. The jury having found him guilty of murder in the second degree and having assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty years, he prosecutes this appeal.
The facts in this case are few and simple, and upon the facts alone the case must stand or fall. On the night of March 23, 1912, at Kansas City, there was a snow of great depth, varying in that behalf, as the…
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