37 Mo. 365
Decided February 15, 1866
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1866-02-15
The indictment charged that the defendant, with a certain knife, of the length of six inches, which he, the said Willis B. Ray, in his hand… Held: and which was then and there a deadly weapon, and held feloniously, did assault one Elihu Rowin, and him, the said Elihu Rowin, then and there, with the knife aforesaid, feloniously did wound, contrary to the form of the statute, &c. This is a case where the defendant was, at the September term, A. D. 1864, of the Worth Circuit…
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Decided 1866-02-15
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2This was an indictment under the 39th section of the “Act concerning crimes and punishments.” On motion of the defendant, the indictment was quashed. The indictment charges all the facts necessary to constitute the offence, under said section. (Conrad v. State, 11 Mo. 579; Jennings v. State, 9 Mo. 862.) The motion should have been overruled.
¶3Judgment reversed, and the case remanded.