State v. Goodale
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Ren. Wm. H. Wallace, Judge. (1) Tke court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to require tke state to' elect on which count of the information it would proceed. (2) The court erred in refusing to allow defendant to show specific acts of unchastity of .the prosecuting witness. Muller v. St. Louis Hospital, 5 Mo. App. 401; O’Connor v. Railroad, 106 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Ren. Wm. H. Wallace, Judge. (1) Tke court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to require tke state to' elect on which count of the information it would proceed. (2) The court erred in refusing to allow defendant to show specific acts of unchastity of .the prosecuting witness. Muller v. St. Louis Hospital, 5 Mo. App. 401; O’Connor v. Railroad, 106 Mo. App. 220; State v. Boyd, 178 Mo. 17. (3) The court erred in not instructing the jury on all of the law governing this case; the court failed to instruct the jury that it was the duty of the prosecutrix at…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, J. —
At the January term, 1907, of the criminal court of Jackson county, the prosecuting attorney of said county filed in open court an information in two counts, charging the defendant, respectively, with the crimes of rape and incest. The prosecuting witness, upon and with whom the offenses were charged to have been committed, is Ella Brown, an unmarried female, and at that time between fourteen and fifteen years of age.
The defendant was arraigned, entered a plea of not guilty, and the court, for want of time to try the cause, continued the same until the next regular term. At the…
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- State v. MallonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- State v. WittenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
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