State v. Beagles
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Vernon Circnit Court. — Hon. H. G. Timmonds, Judge. (1) The trial court held that the filing of the second information for the same matter, on June 24, 1902, quashed the information which was filed on June 27,1902. The law is not so written in this State. The first indictment was merely suspended and new life and vitality might have been imparted to it by the quashing of the second indictment.
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Error to Vernon Circnit Court. — Hon. H. G. Timmonds, Judge. (1) The trial court held that the filing of the second information for the same matter, on June 24, 1902, quashed the information which was filed on June 27,1902. The law is not so written in this State. The first indictment was merely suspended and new life and vitality might have been imparted to it by the quashing of the second indictment. But while we do not believe that the first information was quashed, ipso facto, by the filing of the second, it does not follow that the first indictment was in full force so long as the other…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This record is before us on a writ of error sued out in behalf of the State.
On the 27th day of January, 1902, the prosecuting attorney of Vernon county, filed in the circuit court of said county an information against the defendant charging him with the defilement of his ward.
The defendant was arrested, duly arraigned, and pleaded “not guilty.” The cause was continued and defendant entered into a recognizance for his appear*626anee at the next term. At the May term, 1902, the cause was reached, and a jury impaneled, and the evidence on the part of the State was heard, and at its conclusion, the…
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