State v. Davidson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. D. H. Harris, Judge. (1) The demurrer offered at the close of all the evidence should have been sustained. There was no evidence that the defendant was guilty of the crime charged."
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Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. D. H. Harris, Judge. (1) The demurrer offered at the close of all the evidence should have been sustained. There was no evidence that the defendant was guilty of the crime charged." It was the duty of the'court to determine as a matter of law that the evidence did not sustain the charge in the indictment. 12 Cyc. 177; 1 Wharton on Criminal Law (8 Ed.), secs. 174-6; 1 Bouviers Law Dictionary (15 Ed.), 205; 1 Centary Dictionary, 371; State v. Young, 140 S. W. 873. (2) Should the court consider that there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury, then we…
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
This case is a prosecution under section 4352, Revised Statutes 1909, for attempting, by bribery, to induce a witness to absent himself for the purpose of avoiding giving evidence in certain prosecutions for violating the Local Option Law then pending in the circuit court of Boone county against Points & Tyson, a firm of druggists.
The grand jury had returned fifty indictments against said firm. The defendant was a doctor who, for two years, had practiced in Columbia and prior to that had practiced in various other Missouri towns before locating in Columbia. Defendant had written prescriptions…
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- United States v. HartwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- State v. SattleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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- State v. WoodwardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
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