State v. Chyo Chiagk
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Gr. S. Van Wagoner, Judge. (1) The appellant was arrested by a police officer, without warrant or other process, and confined in the calaboose for over twenty hours without being charged with any offence, by the oath of a credible person, and was entitled to be restored to his liberty, under section 1490, Revised Statutes, and the motion to quash the indictment and discharge him should have been sustained. State v. Stern, 4 Mo.
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Appeal from, St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Gr. S. Van Wagoner, Judge. (1) The appellant was arrested by a police officer, without warrant or other process, and confined in the calaboose for over twenty hours without being charged with any offence, by the oath of a credible person, and was entitled to be restored to his liberty, under section 1490, Revised Statutes, and the motion to quash the indictment and discharge him should have been sustained. State v. Stern, 4 Mo. App. 385; Hopt n. Utah, 110 U. S. 574; Const, of U. S. 14th amend. ; Const, of Mo., Bill of Rights, sec. 30. (2) The…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
-By a special grand jury at the May term, 1885, of the St. Louis criminal court, the defendant was indicted jointly with Chyo Pock, Hook Siagk, Cong Seng, Chyo Groom, You Sing, and Pock Sig, all Chinamen, for the murder of Lou Johnson, also a China-man, in the city of St. Louis, on June 1, 1885. The defendant obtained a severance, and being separately tried, was convicted at the January term, 1886, of murder in the first degree, and sentenced accordingly. The indict - ment contained three counts, all charging the same offence: (1) That Chyo Pock, Chyo Chiagk, Hoc!?; Siagk, and Cong Seng,…
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