State v. Dusenberry
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. ■ Hughes, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling cteienaants motion for a continuance made October 14, 1889. The physical condition of counsel made a trial impossible. (2) The court erred in appointing counsel for defendant, at the suggestion of the state.
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Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. ■ Hughes, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling cteienaants motion for a continuance made October 14, 1889. The physical condition of counsel made a trial impossible. (2) The court erred in appointing counsel for defendant, at the suggestion of the state. (3) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a continuance made November 11, 1889. The evidence of witness McGruffin and witness Brooksher was of vast importance to defendant. (4) The court erred in refusing to pass upon the qualification of each juror presented for examination…
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT.
Thomas, J.
The defendant appeals from a sentence by the circuit court of Audrain county, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of thirty-five years for rape.
As is usual in cases of this character, the principal witnesses were the prosecutrix and the defendant. The story told by the prosecutrix, Bettie Sira, is in substance as follows: Her home was in Tazewell county, Virginia. On the second of November, 1888, she, being then a little over sixteen years old, and still wearing short dresses, left home to visit some relatives living in Benton City, Audrain county, Missouri. She…
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