Legal Opinion

State v. Saunders

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1876PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to Cooper Circuit Court. The indictment was. sufficient. (2 Bish. Crim. Law, §§ 178, 345 ; State vs. Herrick, 13 Wend. 90; Sibel vs DeGray, C. J. Couper, 683.) I. The judgment should have been arrested, the indictment is bad.

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Error to Cooper Circuit Court. The indictment was. sufficient. (2 Bish. Crim. Law, §§ 178, 345 ; State vs. Herrick, 13 Wend. 90; Sibel vs DeGray, C. J. Couper, 683.) I. The judgment should have been arrested, the indictment is bad. (Comm. vs. Strain, 10 Mete. 521; State vs. Bonnell, 46 Mo. 395 ; Comm. vs. Abbey Goddard, 4 Allen, 312 ; Comm. vs. Lannan, 1 Allen, 590 ; State vs. Philbrick, 31 Me. 401; People vs. Gates, 13 Wend. 311; State vs. Green, 7 Wis. 676 ; Dillingham vs. State, 5 Ohio St. 280; Comm. vs. Drew, 19 Pick. 179 ; State vs. Johnson, 11 Ind., 481, 482.)

1Opinion of the CourtNorton, Judge

This case was an indictment found under the forty-seventh section of Wagn. Stat., 461 for obtaining money under color of a false token, writing and account, and false pretenses.

The cause originated in the circuit court of Pettis County, and was, by change of venue, transferred to the circuit court of Cooper County, in which court it was tried and the jury returned a verdict of guilty.

During the progress of the trial, various exceptions were taken to the admissibility of evidence, the giving and .refusing of instructions, and the overruling of motions for new trial, and in arrest of judgment.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. BonnellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. TerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  2. State v. StoweSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  3. State v. MeysenburgMissouri Court of Appeals · 1902
  4. State v. BowdrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  5. Ransom v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885

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