Reed v. State

Silas Reed was indicted by the grand jury of St. Louis county for a *380libel. The indictment was fodnd at the January term, 1847, of the Criminal Court of said county. At the March term following, the defendant filed pleas to the indictment, which were demurred to, and the demurrer sustained; he then filed his plea of not guilty, as also a motion and affidavit for continuance, which motion appears not to have been disposed of; then a mis-trial was had, the jury not being able to agree on a verdict, and the cause was continued. At the May term, there being no circuit attorney, the cause was again…