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State v. BaldridgeState v. Baldridge

Supreme Court of Missouri
Apr 15, 1891
Reporters:
Before:
Thomas
Thomas, J.

The defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Henry county for ‍​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‍a felonious assault upon Seely Kline under section 3489, and was found ..guilty of an assault as defined by section 3490, Revised *320Statutes, 1889, and sentenced ‍​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‍to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years.

It is the settled law of Missouri that upon “an indictment for an assault with intent to commit a ‍​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‍felony, or for a felonious assault, the defendant may be convicted of a less offense. R. S. 1889, sec. 3950, State v. Burk, 89 Mo. 635; State ‍​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‍v. Schloss, 93 Mo. 361; State v. Frank, 103 Mo. 120; Stale v. Buchler, 103 Mo. 203.

This being the only error assigned and no other error appearing of record, the ‍​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‍judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

All the judges of this division concur.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Baldridge
Court Name: Supreme Court of Missouri
Date Published: Apr 15, 1891
Citation: 105 Mo. 319
Court Abbreviation: Mo.
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