Page v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
1st. The indictment is insufficient, and no lawful judgment can be given upon it. I he circuit court erred in refusing to arrest judgment. 1st. Chitty pi. 187. King vs. T. Mason. 1 D. east 268. Supra 582; 'Hamuel vs. State. 5 Mo. Rep. 260. 2d. To vend clocks manufactured in the state, was not a violation of the law. L. M. 428, sec 1, L. 1838, page 92. 3d. The circuit court erred in refusing a new trial. 4th.
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1st. The indictment is insufficient, and no lawful judgment can be given upon it. I he circuit court erred in refusing to arrest judgment. 1st. Chitty pi. 187. King vs. T. Mason. 1 D. east 268. Supra 582; 'Hamuel vs. State. 5 Mo. Rep. 260. 2d. To vend clocks manufactured in the state, was not a violation of the law. L. M. 428, sec 1, L. 1838, page 92. 3d. The circuit court erred in refusing a new trial. 4th. Upon the fact of the case, the .defendant should have been accquitted. State vs. M. Byrd 1 M. R, 485. I.n the investigation of this case I shall present two questions for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the- Court delivered by
Napton Judge.
The grand jury of Crawford county found a bill of indictment, at the November term of 1838, against Charles Page, for vending clocks without license. The first count in the indictment, charged that defendant “did deal and trade in the selling of clocks,.by going from place-to place to sell the same at the county aforesaid, without a special, license-therefor according to law, and contrary to the statute &c.
The second count charged that defendant, “did deal in the selling of clocks,, not being the growth, produce, or the-manufacture of the State…
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