McCarthy v. Eidson
| Citation | 262 S.W.2d 52 |
| Decision Date | 09 November 1953 |
| Docket Number | No. 44022,44022 |
| Parties | McCARTHY v. EIDSON, Warden. |
| Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
No appearance for petitioner.
John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Samuel M. Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
Habeas corpus: In the circuit court of Jefferson County, Missouri, the petitioner pleaded guilty to an information charging him with the crime of robbery in the first degree, and his punishment was assessed at ten years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
The information to which the petitioner pleaded guilty on February 23, 1950, was as follows:
'J. W. Thurman, Prosecuting Attorney within and for the County of Jefferson, in the State of Missouri, informs the court that Lawrence Robert Coleman, Robert James Love and Edward Junior McCarthy on the 6th day of February, 1950, at and in the County of Jefferson and State of Missouri, did then and there, with specific criminal intent, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously in and upon one robert Simmons unlawfully and feloniously did make an assault and $30.00 in silver and currency of the value of $30.00, the property of Earl Petrie, from the person, in the presence and against the will of the said Robert Simmons then and there by putting the said Robert Simmons in fear of some immediate injury to his person, feloniously did rob, steal, take and carry away, contrary to the form of statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Missouri.'
Petitioner contends that this information is fatally defective because it did not allege that Robert Simmons was the servant, clerk or agent of Earl Petrie, the owner of the property taken from Simmons. Section 560.120 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., provides that every person 'who shall be convicted of feloniously taking the property of another from the person of his wife, servant, clerk or agent, in charge thereof, * * * by putting him or her in fear of some immediate injury to his or her person, shall be abjudged guilty of robbery in the first degree.'
This exact contention was ruled adversely to petitioner in the case of State v. Wilson, Mo.Sup., 237 S.W. 776. In that case the indictment stated that defendant 'with force and arms, in and upon one Herbert W. Allen, unlawfully and feloniously did make an assault, and $3,163.23, lawful money of the United States, * * * the money and personal property of Daniel Frankel and Julius Lyons, copartners doing business under the style and firm name of Frankel, Frank & Co.' In holding the indictment sufficient, we said:
'An examination of the indictment discloses its failure to allege that Allen was a 'servant, clerk or agent in charge thereof' in accordance with the language of the statute (section 3307, R.S.1919 [V.A.M.S. 560.120]).
'Section 3908, R.S.1919 [V.A.M.S. Sec. 545.030], commonly known as the Statute of Jeofails, affirms the validity of all indictments or informations where the defects or imperfections do 'not tend to the prejudice of the substantial rights of the defendant upon the merits.' The indictment informed defendant that he was charged with taking from one Allen with force and violence and against his will the sum named, and that said money was the property of Frankel, Frank & Co. This was sufficient, and the inference that Allen was agent, servant, or clerk, of the owners appeared without the formal allegation. This does not violate the rule of criminal pleading to the effect that nothing shall be left to intendment or implication, and that the defendant shall be clearly apprised of the nature and cause of the accusation against him. State v. Stegner, 276 Mo. 427, 207 S.W. 826; State v. Massey, 274 Mo. 578, 204 S.W. 541.
237 S.W. loc. cit. 777.
The case of State v. Davis, Mo.Sup., 58 S.W.2d 305, loc.cit. 307, is another case in which this court ruled adversely to petitioner's contention in the case at bar. In ruling the Davis case, we said:
We are unable to distinguish the Wilson and Davis cases from the case at bar.
In the case of State v. Craft, 299 Mo. 332, 253 S.W. 224, loc.cit. 226-227, we said:
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