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State v. Green

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 10, 1892PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Criminal Court. — Hon. H. P. White, Judge. (1) The indictment sufficiently charges the offense of murder in the first degree. (2) The second and third grounds assigned in the motion to quash are not well taken. State v. Snell, 78 Mo. 240. (3) The failure of one grand jury to indict is no bar to action on the part of a subsequent one.

1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.

The following indictment was returned by the grand jury in the criminal court of Jackson county at its April term, 1891, against the defendant:

*586“'State of Missouri, “County of Jackson.

In the Criminal Court - ss.* of Jackson County, April Term, 1891.

“The grand jurors for the state of Missouri in and for the body of the county of Jackson upon their oath present that David H. Green whose Christian name in full is unknown to the jurors, late of the county aforesaid, on the seventh day of November, 1890, at the county of Jackson, state aforesaid, in and upon one-Joseph Beaumont, then and there…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1870
  3. State v. BlanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
  4. West v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  5. State v. SnellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. FairlambSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  2. State v. StringerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  3. State v. BrookshireSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  4. State v. KerrMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. State v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905

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