State v. Houston
This text of 19 Mo. 211 (State v. Houston) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The defendant, Samuel Houston, was indicted for inciting William R. Sumner to murder one Charles Krehbul. The indictment was, on his (Houston’s) motion, quashed. The circuit attorney excepted, and brings the case here by appeal. In looking into the indictment, it appears that the pleader has charged Houston, not with inciting, aiding, abetting, &c., said William R. Sumner to do the murder, but he charges Houston with inciting, moving, abetting and coun[212]*212selling Houston himself to commit the murder — a mistake, no doubt, but a fatal one. The judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed,
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