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46 Mo. 347

State v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided August 15, 1870

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1870-08-15

<p>1. Practice, civil — Supreme Court will not determine credibility of witnesses. — The jury are the proper judges to determine the credibility of witnesses, and this court will not interfere with their verdict when the appeal raises the simple question of the weight of testimony. 0</p>

Decided 1870-08-15

WAGNER, Judge,

¶1delivered tlie opinion of the court.

¶2Tbe defendant was indicted and convicted in the Buchanan County Circuit Court for malicious mischief in cutting to pieces and destroying a wagon belonging to one Charles Heiiman. There is no objection made to any instruction or ruling of the court, but the writ is prosecuted on the sole ground that the verdict is against the evidence.

¶3For the prosecution, one witness swore positively and directly that he saw the accused commit the offense. ■ The defendant introduced evidence tending to contradict the witness for the prosecution, and going to show that defendant was at a different place at the time the mischief took place, and that the act could not have been committed by him.

¶4The evidence was all before the jury, and they were the proper judges to determine the credibility of the respective witnesses. .They were conversant with their character, saw their manner of giving in their testimony, and knew which was the most worthy of belief. There is nothing presented in this ease justifying our interference.

¶5Judgment affirmed.

The other judges concur.
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