State v. Nugent
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. 1. The evidence of defendant’s prior mistreatment of deceased should not have been admitted.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. 1. The evidence of defendant’s prior mistreatment of deceased should not have been admitted. U. S. v. Armstrong, 2 Curtis O. C. 446; U. S. v. Mingo, 2 Curtis C. C. 1; Com. v. Hawkins, 3 Gray 463 ; Green v. State, 13. Mo. 382; State v. Sehoenwald, 31 Mo. 147; State v. Foster, 61 .Mo.'552; State v. Underwood, 57 Mo. 45; State v.' Lane, 64 Mo. 322.; Stale v. Goetz, 34 Mo. 91; State v. Harrold, 38 Mo. 498; Farrer v. State, 2 Ohio St. 75 ; Barton v. State, 18 Ohio 224; Beg. v. Oddy, 1 Den. & Pearce Brit. Crown Cas. 266; Beg. v. Butler, 2 Car. & Kir. 221;…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife, and a trial at the November term, 1878, of the St. Louis criminal court resulted in his conviction of murder of the first degree ; and from the judgment he appealed to the St. Louis court of appeals, which affirmed the judgment, and he has appealed to this court.
Appellant assigns as error: First, The admission of illegal and incompetent testimony on the part of the State. Second, The failure of the court to confine the testimony complained of, by instruction, to the object for which the court admitted it, viz : to prove intent. Third, The…
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