State v. Rapp
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cooper Circuit Cowrt. — Hon. Dorsey- W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) It was error to admit threats alleged to have been made by the defendant George Rapp, Sr., to do the witness Parris personal violence, without instructing the jury that such threats were not competent against George Rapp, Jr. State v. McKenzie, 102 Mo. 620. (2) The trial court erred in not instructing the jury, as prayed by defendants, to disregard the testimony of witness Parris about a…
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Appeal from Cooper Circuit Cowrt. — Hon. Dorsey- W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) It was error to admit threats alleged to have been made by the defendant George Rapp, Sr., to do the witness Parris personal violence, without instructing the jury that such threats were not competent against George Rapp, Jr. State v. McKenzie, 102 Mo. 620. (2) The trial court erred in not instructing the jury, as prayed by defendants, to disregard the testimony of witness Parris about a ‘conversation alleged to have occurred between him and one Drew. State v. Min-ton, 116 Mo. 605; State v. Grote, 109 Mo. 345. (3) The…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Prosecution for an assault with - intent to kill one J. C. Parris. Upon trial had, both of defendants were convicted; to George Rapp, Sr., was assessed a punishment of six months in the county jail and $500 fine, and to George, Jr., a fine of $100.
The indictment in its material portions is the following: “That George Rapp, senior, and George Rapp, junior, on the seventh day of May, 1896, at the county of Cooper and State of Missouri, in and upon the body of one J. C. Parris then and there being feloniously, on purpose and willfully, with a deadly weapon, to wit, a single-tree of the length of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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