State v. Bateman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. — Hon. F. G. Johnston, Judge. (1) The verdict is so clearly against the weight of the evidence, and is so manifestly the result of prejudice and passion, that this court is fully warranted in reversing the judgment and remanding the cause for a new trial.
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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. — Hon. F. G. Johnston, Judge. (1) The verdict is so clearly against the weight of the evidence, and is so manifestly the result of prejudice and passion, that this court is fully warranted in reversing the judgment and remanding the cause for a new trial. State v. Patrick, 107 Mo. 147; State v. Huff, 161 Mo. 459; State v. Prendible, 165 Mo. 329; State v. Nesenhener, 164 Mo. 461. (2) Medical proof of the condition of the private parts and lower limbs of prosecutrix immediately after the assault was attainable, and yet no such proof was offered by the State.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, P. J.
At the March term, 1905, of the circuit court of Lawrence county, upon an information duly verified and filed by the prosecuting attorney of said county, the defendant was convicted of the crime of rape, and his punishment assessed at death. Defendant’s motions for new trial and in arrest having been overruled, he perfected his appeal to this court.
At the time of the commission of the alleged assault, the defendant, a negro, twenty-two years of age, was employed as day porter in the hotel of E. J. Shelpman, at Aurora, Lawrence county. Myrtle Digby, the prosecutrix, a white girl, twenty years…
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