State v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Plowell Circuit Court.—lion. Wm. N. Evans, Judge. Confessions made to a minister or priest in his official character and for the purpose of procuring spiritual advice are not admissible for any purpose. R. S. 1899, sec. 4659; Martin v. Bowden, 158 Mo. 379. (1) The information is sufficient to charge defendant with the crime of manslaughter, the crime of which he was convicted.
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Appeal from Plowell Circuit Court.—lion. Wm. N. Evans, Judge. Confessions made to a minister or priest in his official character and for the purpose of procuring spiritual advice are not admissible for any purpose. R. S. 1899, sec. 4659; Martin v. Bowden, 158 Mo. 379. (1) The information is sufficient to charge defendant with the crime of manslaughter, the crime of which he was convicted. While it dues not use the closing form “on his oath aforesaid,” yet in its present form it charges manslaughter. State v. Dawson, 187 Mo.'60'; State v. Coleman, 186 Mo. 164. (2) “Under the statutes a…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is here upon appeal from a judgment of the Howell Circuit Court convicting the defendant of manslaughter of the fourth degree. The information upon which this judgment rests was properly verified, and omitting formal part, is as follows:
“M. E. Morrow, prosecuting attorney within and for the county of Howell in the.State of Missouri,.informs the court that one Isom Morgan, on the 2d day *179of August, A. D. 1904, at the said county of Howell, in and upon one Thomas Morgan then and there being, feloniously, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and of his malice aforethought, did make…
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