State v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court.— lion. Jas. E. Hasell, Judge. (1) "We concede now, as we did on the trial, that defendant is guilty of an aggravated assault for which, no excuse can be offered. We believe that be was under the influence of drink when be committed the assault, but that does not excuse.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court.— lion. Jas. E. Hasell, Judge. (1) "We concede now, as we did on the trial, that defendant is guilty of an aggravated assault for which, no excuse can be offered. We believe that be was under the influence of drink when be committed the assault, but that does not excuse. With the excitement following the assault, the multiplied stories circulated and being forced by the situation (there was actual danger of a mob) to proceed to trial without a single day’s delay, we were not surprised that under all the circumstances, the verdict of the jury was for so severe…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
At the September term, 1900, of the circuit court of Miller county, the defendant was indicted for rape.
The indictment contains two counts, one the ordinary form for rape upon a woman, and the other charges, a rape upon the same female, alleging that she was a 'female child under the age of fourteen years.
The record discloses that the defendant, being under arrest, was brought into open court on the 18th day of September, and it being demanded of him how he would acquit himself of the charges in said indictment preferred against him, for plea thereto said he was. guilty as therein charged.
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