State v. Lane
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Dunklin Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fori, Judge. (1) Tbe testimony of tbe witness tbat defendant some times carried a large Colts’ pistol, wbicb bad a small slide or cateb on tbe side tbat stuck out from tbe weapon, bad no conneetion. with, the pistol with which the defendant actually struck the deceased, but was a remote and separate transaction altogether, and should not have been admitted. Evidence of independent and disconnected matters are not admissible.
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Appeal from Dunklin Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fori, Judge. (1) Tbe testimony of tbe witness tbat defendant some times carried a large Colts’ pistol, wbicb bad a small slide or cateb on tbe side tbat stuck out from tbe weapon, bad no conneetion. with, the pistol with which the defendant actually struck the deceased, but was a remote and separate transaction altogether, and should not have been admitted. Evidence of independent and disconnected matters are not admissible. State v. Moberly, 121 Mo. 610; State v. Noeninger, 108 Mo. 171; State v. Parker, 96 Mo. 368; State v. Fitzgerald, 130 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the January adjourned term, 1896, of the circuit court of Dunklin county, the defendant Samuel Lane was indicted and charged with the murder of James McGregor, on November 20, 1895. On various grounds the cause was continued until the January term, 1898, at which term it was tried with the result of a hung jury.
At. the October term, 1898, the cause was again tried, and resulted in a conviction of manslaughter in the third degree and his punishment fixed at three years in the State penitentiary, from which he has taken this appeal.
At the time of the commission of the act the defendant was…
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