State v. Lowe
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court. — Hon. Ben. E. Turner, Judge. Tlie court gave the following instructions, asked by the state: “1. The jury are instructed that if they believe, from the evidence, that the defendant, in Lewis county, on the thirty-first day of December, A. D., 1881, wilfully, premeditatedly, and of Ms malice aforethought, killed Andy Roan, in the manner and by the means specified in the indictment, they will find him guilty of murder in the second degree, and…
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Appeal from Lewis Circuit Court. — Hon. Ben. E. Turner, Judge. Tlie court gave the following instructions, asked by the state: “1. The jury are instructed that if they believe, from the evidence, that the defendant, in Lewis county, on the thirty-first day of December, A. D., 1881, wilfully, premeditatedly, and of Ms malice aforethought, killed Andy Roan, in the manner and by the means specified in the indictment, they will find him guilty of murder in the second degree, and assess his punishment at not less than ten years in the state penitentiary. Wilfully, as here used, means…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The counsel for the defendant, who tried this cause in the circuit court, and are, therefore, presumed to be somewhat conversant with the facts therein, have not seen fit to furnish us with a statement of those facts. I will, therefore, have to wade through this voluminous record in order to become acquainted with them.
The homicide, which caused this appeal, occurred December 31, 1881, in the town of La Belle, Clark county, Missouri. On that day, about dark, Stoddard, the landlord of the hotel, on going into the office, saw sitting there by the stove the defendant in his socks. Several others…
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