State v. Wade
Decision Date | 21 November 1898 |
Citation | 47 S.W. 1070,147 Mo. 73 |
Parties | STATE v. WADE. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from circuit court, Clay county; E. J. Broaddus, Judge.
Francis M. Wade was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. Reversed.
J. L. Farris, W. A. Cravens, and W. J. Courtney, for appellant. Edward C. Crow, Atty. Gen., Sam B. Jeffries, Asst. Atty. Gen., and W. W. Graves, for the State.
Charged with murder in the first degree, because of shooting to death, with a shotgun, Alexander Schamel, defendant was found guilty of the second degree of that offense, and his punishment assessed at 20 years in the penitentiary. The difficulty which resulted in the tragedy had its origin in those fruitful sources of homicide in this state, — a disputed boundary and a division fence.
The first count in the indictment charged the homicide to have been perpetrated with a shotgun, and is in usual and approved form. But that count is bad, because it has no conclusion, such as was pointed out to be necessary in State v. Meyers, 99 Mo. 107, 12 S. W. 516, and cases cited. Owing to such omission. the first count only charges manslaughter. Id., 99 Mo., loc. cit. 115, 12 S. W. 518. Such a defect may be taken advantage of on motion in arrest, and, if no such motion be made, it is equally available in this court on appeal or writ of error. Id., 99 Mo., loc. cit. 112, 12 S. W. 517. Such point was, however, made in the lower court by motion in arrest.
The second count in the indictment is the following: ...
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