State v. Jewell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. G. S. Van Wagoner, Judge. A careful examination of the testimony discloses no •error that will justify a reversal. The first instruction properly defines murder in the first degree. State v. Snell, 78 Mo. 240; State v. Thomas, 78 Mo. 327; State r>. Wisdom, 84 Mo. 177. The second correctly defines the words constituting the elements of the crime charged.
Read the full summary
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. — Hon. G. S. Van Wagoner, Judge. A careful examination of the testimony discloses no •error that will justify a reversal. The first instruction properly defines murder in the first degree. State v. Snell, 78 Mo. 240; State v. Thomas, 78 Mo. 327; State r>. Wisdom, 84 Mo. 177. The second correctly defines the words constituting the elements of the crime charged. State v. Weiners, 66 Mo. 13; State v. Banlts, 73 Mo. 592; State v. Kotov sky, 74 Mo. 247; State v. Snell, supra. The third tells the jury that if the crime committed, had all the elements defined in…
1Opinion of the Court
Rat, J. —
Defendant was indicted in the criminal court of St. Louis, at the May term, 1885, for murder in *469the first degree, for killing his wife, Eliza Jewell, and upon a trial at the October term, was convicted of that offence. The defendant shot his said wife, on December 30, 1884, the bullet entering the face, under the right eye, and penetrating to the back and lower part of the head. The wound was not immediately fatal, but produced, as the medical testimony shows, a “ dilatation, or aneurism of the coats, or walls of the internal carotid artery,” which continued to grow and push out into…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. MannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State ex rel. Howard County v. BurckharttSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- State v. HickmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- State v. FosterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Lovell v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893
- Territory v. GuthrieIdaho Supreme Court · 1888
- St. Louis, Cape Girardeau & Fort Smith Railway Co. v. HolladaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.