State v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — I-Ion. R. P. Owen, Judge. The instructions following were asked and given on behalf of the State : 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that, on or about the 11th day of March, 1880, at the county of Stoddard and State of.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — I-Ion. R. P. Owen, Judge. The instructions following were asked and given on behalf of the State : 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that, on or about the 11th day of March, 1880, at the county of Stoddard and State of. Missouri, the defendant, Thomas T. Dickson, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and of his malice aforethought, killed James McNab with any instrument or weapon whatever, they will find the defendant, Thomas T. Dickson, guilty of murder in the first degree, and so state in their verdict. Willfully, as used in this instruction,…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The indictment in this case charged the defendant, Thomas T. Dickson, with murder in the first degree, for killing James McNab, and the trial resulted in the defendant’s conviction of that degree of homicide. The evidence, for the most part, was circumstantial. The errors assigned may be grouped under, thre^ heads : 1st, The failure of the evidence to establish the guilt of the defendant. 2nd, The giving of improper instructions on the pert of the State, and the refusal to give proper instructions on the part of the defendant. Srd, The conduct of the counsel for the State in argument of the…
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