State v. Wisdom
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from McDonald Circuit Court. — Hon. M. Q-. McGtBEgob, Judge. (1) The court below committed error in refusing to grant a change of venue in this case for which this cause should be reversed.
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Appeal from McDonald Circuit Court. — Hon. M. Q-. McGtBEgob, Judge. (1) The court below committed error in refusing to grant a change of venue in this case for which this cause should be reversed. People r>. Yoahum, 53 Cal. 566; State v. Ware, 69 Mo. 332; State v. Guy, 69 Mo. 430; State v. Bohannon, 76 Mo. 562. (2) Even in case of an application for a continuance this court has uniformly hfeld that the discretion of the trial court is a sound legal discretion, and not merely a personal discretion; and when it appears from the record that the trial court has improperly or erroneously exercised…
1Opinion of the Court
DeArmond, C.
Defendant was indicted at the February term, 1884, of the McDonald circuit court, for murder in the first degree, tried at an adjourned term of said court begun in May and extending into July following, and found guilty of the capital offence charged. From that judgment he has appealed to this court.
From the evidence on the part of the state it appears *181that on the evening of December 3, 1883, a number of young men went from the village of Saratoga seven or eight miles to a party or dance at the house of one Clark in said county. Of this party, defendant and William Judy, of whose…
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