State v. Fitzgerald
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Henry L. Edmunds, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to sustain defendant’s motion praying the production in court of the written statement made by defendant at the time of his arrest. (2) The court erred in admitting testimony of the witnesses Scheibe and Behland for the state, relating to the alleged statements of defendant prior to the shooting.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. Henry L. Edmunds, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to sustain defendant’s motion praying the production in court of the written statement made by defendant at the time of his arrest. (2) The court erred in admitting testimony of the witnesses Scheibe and Behland for the state, relating to the alleged statements of defendant prior to the shooting. (3) The court erred in admitting the testimony of Charles Vincent relative to his hearing reports, such evidence amounting merely to the opinion of the witness. (4) It was error to allow the witness…
1Opinion of the CourtBubgess, J.
From a conviction of murder in the first degree by shooting Annie Naessens to death with a pistol the defendant has appealed to this court. The murder is alleged to have occurred on the twenty-ninth day of November, 1893, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, where the .trial was had.
Deceased at the time of her death was about eighteen years of age and had been engaged as a domestic in the family of one Albintz, a saloon keeper *414who was engaged in business at the southeast corner of Broadway and Quincy streets, in Carondelet in said city. Albintz with his family resided over the saloon, where…
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