State v. Tarwater
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. Arch B. Davis, Judge. (1) The record of the admission of William A. Tarwater, the father of the defendant, in the Fulton Asylum in 1885, should have been admitted as part of the record of the mental history of the defendant and his ancestors.
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Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. — Hon. Arch B. Davis, Judge. (1) The record of the admission of William A. Tarwater, the father of the defendant, in the Fulton Asylum in 1885, should have been admitted as part of the record of the mental history of the defendant and his ancestors. (2) The statute in force at that time (R. S. 1909, sec. 1415) provides for the keeping of records and that certain statements shall be kept and 'preserved as a part of the.record of inmates of the asylum. There is every presumption of honesty, accuracy and good faith in the preservation and keeping of records of…
1Opinion of the Court
On the 23rd day of December, 1919, appellant went to the editorial and business office of the Gallatin Democrat in Daviess County, Missouri, and there shot and fatally wounded Wesley L. Robertson, the editor. Robertson died the same day. For this appellant was charged with murder in the first degree. Upon a trial, he was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of thirty-five years. His plea was that of self-defense and insanity.
There was a vast accumulation of testimony on both sides of the issues joined and the sufficiency…
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