21 Mo. App. 595
Decided April 19, 1886
Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 1886-04-19
E. L. Edwards, Judge. Statement of case by the court. The defendant was indicted for obstructing a public •road.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1891
1 state decisions
Relies on State v. Owens
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Reversed and remanded · Decided 1886-04-19
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¶1— In defining a reasonable doubt the instruction was erroneous. The use of the word “real” was improper. State v. Owens, 79 Mo. 631, 632.
¶2It would have been wiser and safer for the instruction to have been entirely in the form of the instruction on this subject that has become stereotyped by use and approval in this state.
¶3Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.