State v. Fredericks
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Hon. R. E. Culver, Judge. (1) It is the duty of the trial court to give all necessary instructions, whether asked to do so or not, and where instructions are offered which are objectionable, the court should give such as the law requires. State v. Stomm, 62 Mo. 596; State v. Palmer, 88 Mo. 568; State v. Banks, 73 Mo. 592. (2) The court erred in failing to instruct on the theory of self-defense as to each defendant.
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Appeal from Buchanan Criminal Court. — Hon. R. E. Culver, Judge. (1) It is the duty of the trial court to give all necessary instructions, whether asked to do so or not, and where instructions are offered which are objectionable, the court should give such as the law requires. State v. Stomm, 62 Mo. 596; State v. Palmer, 88 Mo. 568; State v. Banks, 73 Mo. 592. (2) The court erred in failing to instruct on the theory of self-defense as to each defendant. A defendant who has testified is entitled to have instructions predicated on the facts sworn to by him. State v. Anderson, 86Mo. 309; State…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The defendants were jointly indicted at the June term, 1895, of the criminal court of Buchanan county, and, after a continuance, were duly arraigned and tried and were convicted of a felonious assault upon one J. R. A. Orossland.
The facts appear to be that J. R. A. Orossland, the prosecuting witness, was a negro doctor in St. Joseph; defendant Langon was a negro school teacher in a public school in said city, and defendant Fredericks was the editor of anewspaper published for the negro population of that city and vicinity. Controversies had arisen as to the conduct of the public schools for…
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