State v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Leo 8. Rassieur, Judge. (1) There is no authority for convicting a prisoner of a felony at one term of the court and then remanding Mm to jail until the next succeeding term and again convicting him of another felony and then passing sentence upon him in both cases.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. — Hon. Leo 8. Rassieur, Judge. (1) There is no authority for convicting a prisoner of a felony at one term of the court and then remanding Mm to jail until the next succeeding term and again convicting him of another felony and then passing sentence upon him in both cases. Ex parte Meyers, 44 Mo. 282; State v. Connell, 49 Mo. 282; Ex parte Jackson, 96 Mo. 116; Ex parte Allen, 196 Mo. 231; State v. Ruck, 120 Mo. 496; State v. Bell, 212 Mo. 130f (2) The testimony of the witness Perdue was incompetent and in violation of Section 22, Article 2, of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
Appellant was charged by information in the circuit court in the City of St. Louis, with burglary in the second degree and larceny. Upon a trial, he was convicted and his punishment assessed at four years in the Penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals.
One Aaron Johnson, returning to his home one day, found appellant hiding behind a kitchen door in his residence. The wife of Johnson was outside of the house, scrubbing the steps during her husband’s temporary absence. Appellant ran out oü the house and attempted to escape, but was overtaken by Johnson and others, and was turned over to a…
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