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21 Mo. 267

State v. Bean

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1855

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1855-03-15

Louis Criminal Court. William Bean was indicted under the 18th section of article eight of the act concerning crimes and punishments, (R. C. 1845,) for keeping a bawdy house. The indictment charged that the defendant, “ on, &c., at, &c., a certain common house of ill fame unlawfully and wickedly did keep and maintain,” &c. The name of the prosecutor was not endorsed upon the indictment.

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Decided 1855-03-15

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Ryland, Judge.

¶1There is nothing in the record in this case requiring this court to reverse the judgment of the court below. No prosecutor is, by the statute, required to be endorsed on the indictment in such cases as this, and the indictment is substantially good.

¶2The instructions given embraced the law of the case, and *269placed it before the jury fairly, l'be instruction which the defendant asked, and which was refused by the court, had already been, in substance, given to the jury. As to the evidence, it was the province of the jury to give to it the weight and credence it in their opinion deserved.

¶3The judgment is affirmed; the other judges concurring.

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