State v. Harmon
Decision Date | 22 December 1925 |
Docket Number | No. 26055.,26055. |
Citation | 278 S.W. 733 |
Parties | STATE v. HARMON. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Christian County; Fred Stewart, Judge.
W. R. Harmon was convicted of producing a miscarriage and abortion, and he appeals. Affirmed.
Robert W. Otto, Atty. Gen., and Harry L. Thomas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Statement.
On December 16, 1921, the grand jury of Greene county, Mo., returned into the circuit court of said county an indictment, which, without caption, reads as follows:
On April 3, 1922, defendant was granted a change of venue, and the cause sent to Christian county, where it was tried. On May 23, 1922, the cause was continued, by agreement of parties, and, on September 11, 1922, defendant was arraigned, and entered a plea of not guilty. The case was tried before a jury, and, on September 11, 1922, the following verdict was returned:
Defendant, in due time, filed motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Both motions were overruled, and thereafter allocution was granted. Judgment was rendered and sentence passed in conformity to the verdict aforesaid, and an appeal was granted defendant to this court.
A certified copy of the record was filed in this court in September, 1924, and thereafter a certified copy of the bill of exceptions was filed herein. Upon an examination of the bill of exceptions, we find that the statement of facts made by counsel for the state is substantially correct, and hereby adopt the same as follows:
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