State v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. The facts are stated in the opinion. The instructions as given were: 1. If the jury believe from the testimony that a body of armed men went to the house of William H. McLane, and by force or threats caused him to fear that an injury would be done to his person or property, so that he concealed himself for his own protection, and that, while so concealed, his horse was feloniously taken arid carried away by said body, or any of…
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Appeal from, Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. The facts are stated in the opinion. The instructions as given were: 1. If the jury believe from the testimony that a body of armed men went to the house of William H. McLane, and by force or threats caused him to fear that an injury would be done to his person or property, so that he concealed himself for his own protection, and that, while so concealed, his horse was feloniously taken arid carried away by said body, or any of them, each of the persons engaged in any way in the transaction are equally guilty; and if the defendant was one of them,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The indictment charged that William Jeffers, on the thirtieth day of September, A. D. 1862, at the county of Cape Girardeau and State of Missouri, “ in and upon one William H. McLane, with force and arms, feloniously did make an assault, a nd the said William H. McLane in bodily fear of some immediate injury to his person then and there feloniously *375did put, and one horse, of the value of one hundred dollars, the property of the said William H. McLane, then and there feloniously did rob, steal, take and carry away”; and the defendant was charged as an accessory or principal in the second…
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