State v. Greaves
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Eugene McQuillin, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting the testimony as to the arrest of defendant, on the charge of arson, at least twenty days before the commission of the crime with which this defendant is charged, the testimony being incompetent and irrelevant in that such testimony is prejudicial to defendant and tends to prejudice the minds of the jury against him and was compelling defendant to meet charges of which…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Row. Eugene McQuillin, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting the testimony as to the arrest of defendant, on the charge of arson, at least twenty days before the commission of the crime with which this defendant is charged, the testimony being incompetent and irrelevant in that such testimony is prejudicial to defendant and tends to prejudice the minds of the jury against him and was compelling defendant to meet charges of which the information gives no notice and permits the jury to infer from the commission of one crime that the defendant is…
1Opinion of the Court
ROY, C.
The defendant having been convicted of murder in the first degree in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, and sentenced to life imprisonment, has appealed.
He lived on “Dago Hill” in that city; and the deceased, Hunter, lived near him in the same block.
Defendant was the janitor of a “flat” building, which seems to have been untenanted at the time, except by the defendant and his family, consisting of his wife and several children. The deceased had several children. The defendant was charged by Ms neighbors with persecuting their children, and there were some countercharges.
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