State v. Dyer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. G-eorge E. Longan, Judge. (1) It-was clearly error to refuse instruction number 12. Walker was under no obligation to assist Brown, nor was he justified in attacking the defendant or interfering in the defense of Brown, R. S. 1889, sec. 3462. (2) The court erred in admitting illegal and incompetent testimony on the part of the prosecution. First. In allowing counsel for the State to ask witness Greer leading questions. .Second.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. G-eorge E. Longan, Judge. (1) It-was clearly error to refuse instruction number 12. Walker was under no obligation to assist Brown, nor was he justified in attacking the defendant or interfering in the defense of Brown, R. S. 1889, sec. 3462. (2) The court erred in admitting illegal and incompetent testimony on the part of the prosecution. First. In allowing counsel for the State to ask witness Greer leading questions. .Second. By permitting witness Hickman to examine the revolver shown him before he described and identified*it. Third. In admitting…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the October term, 1895, of the circuit court of Pettis county, the defendant was indicted by the name of William Dyer, jointly with one Lucy McBowers for the murder of Thompson Walker. The court convened on the seventh day of October, 1895, and on the eighth of October the grand jury returned into open court through their foreman an indictment for murder in the first degree, and on the same day the defendants were brought into court, the indictment read to them and an order made upon the clerk to make out a certified copy of the indictment, and the record shows this was done and the copy…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- State v. DonnellySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State v. HolcombSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- State v. PaytonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- State v. BanksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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- State v. McCarverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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