State v. Beaucleigh
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) No act, after commission of common enterprise is ended, is admissible. State v. Duncan, 64 Mo. 262-6; State v. Barham, 82 Mo. 67 ; 2 Bisbop Crim. Proc. 230 ; 2 Wharton Law of Evid., sec. 1206. Evidence of other offences is not admissible saving in a restricted manner, i. e., by instruction.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) No act, after commission of common enterprise is ended, is admissible. State v. Duncan, 64 Mo. 262-6; State v. Barham, 82 Mo. 67 ; 2 Bisbop Crim. Proc. 230 ; 2 Wharton Law of Evid., sec. 1206. Evidence of other offences is not admissible saving in a restricted manner, i. e., by instruction. Brand v. Commonwealth, 13 Merr. 290 ; and recent case of State v. Bayne, 88 Mo. 601. No-evidence of intent to defraud the public is in general admissible. 2 Bishop Crim. Proc., sec. 233. (2) Defendant cannot be cross-examined as to…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
The defendant was jointly indicted, at the May term, 1883, of the St. Louis county circuit court, with one William Beaucleigh and Pat Byrnes, under section 1561, Revised Statutes, 1879, for fraudulently obtaining from one Simpson C. Parrott the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, by means of false and fraudulent representations and pretenses, and of a false and. bogus check. A severance having been granted William Beaucleigh, who afterwards pleaded guilty, and a nolle prosequi having been entered as to Byrnes, the separate trial of defendant came on at the Novem*493ber term, 1885, of said…
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