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168 Mo. 415

State v. Laughlin

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 13, 1902

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1902-05-13

— Hon. J. W. Alexander, Judge. The issues on the plea in bar should have been submitted to a jury. There is no record entry of an express waiver of that right, and defendant will not be held to have waived his right by implication. State v. Huffman, 136 Mo. 58; State v. Hatcher, 136 Mo. 641. In all the eases in our State which appear to hold the contrary, the question passed on by the court is raised by demurrer, and goes to the sufficiency of the plea.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 1904

1 state decisions

Relies on State v. Goddard · State v. Williams · State v. Huffman

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Ee VERSED AND REMANDED · Decided 1902-05-13

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SHERWOOD, P. J.

¶1— Indictment for embezzlement; conviction; sentence for two years, and appeal.

¶2In State v. Huffman, 136 Mo. 58, it was ruled that where a plea in bar of a former acquittal is interposed, there the accused was entitled to a jury trial on such plea in bar. This; ruling was followed in State v. Hatcher, Ibid, 641. The foregoing decisions announced the rule for this case, which presents a similar state of facts. Here the State put the facts set up in the plea directly in issue by its replication.

¶3This case, therefore, does not at all resemble those where the plea in bar is adjudicated insufficient in law on demurrer thereto, as, for instance, in the cases of State v. Williams, 152 Mo. 115, and State v. Goddard, 162 Mo. 198.

¶4And, under the provisions of section 693, Revised Statutes 1899, a jury trial is only deemed to be waived in the following cases:

“Eirst, by failing to appear at the trial; second, by written consent, in person or by attorney, filed with the clerk; third, by oral consent in court, entered on the minutes.” There is no such waiver here.

¶5Eor the foregoing reasons, judgment reversed and cause remanded.

All concur.
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