The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-15

| Years ago the statute of limitations will
be d bar. Circuit Attorney Folk and his
| assistants. however. will be prepared to
| fight this contention on the theory that
| the statute has not yet run in these cases,
rs the prosecution was taken up original
| ~ before the statute of limitations be-
| came bar.
| ANY way. said well-known criminal
| lawyer yesterday. lit is. going TO cause
more trouble in this State than any other
| decision that has been handed down in
| years and there will be many legal bat
| tie before the effect of this decision is
over"
Emil Meysenburg, Julius Lehman and
Harry Faulkner. whose cases already have
| been passed upon by the Supreme Court,
were prosecuted under Indictments and the
decision has no effect on their cases. The
Snyder case also was brought into court
| on indictment and 1t is not affected
Il is estimated that twenty men have
been hanged in Missouri on verdicts OF
guilty found by juries and affirmed by the
Supreme Court who were prosecuted on
informations George Collins. one of the
Union Bank robbers was prosecuted on
an informal ion fled by the Prosecuting At
tcrney of Franklin County. None of the
recent hangings in St. Louis are affected
by this opinion.
FIRST TEST of ACT.
The first test of the act of 1901 giving to
,b,, t.ircuit Attorney of 81 Louis and the
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IN, tim. the constitutional amendments went
into effec. prescribin, the mode o, procedure
hy information in the prosecution of felonies
In the courts of record In this State. and as
ehe information therein meant 10 nc "''ae's ,ooa
IN ''s 'onin'oh-,a" sense .h'l1 ~ e'''',i"a.
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,.,,., ,,, Tho ,,,o,n.,. ,:.per,, mr. SoIic;,or
,.,-,.r,, ,rd upd.r his oatb or Office Rishop
s.., ..I-,,o criminal information should ba
.,.o,,,, -, L., src, and spc, o,,y ~ in Eng
,r,1 /; ,,,o..,+a1 h.. III. .,,o-,c,, mr. Solicitor
,.a,,.,,,, .rh,s rar, or Tho r.n.,ish common law
y
,,,,rors which in england are exercised by III.
,,,o-re,. General and tho Solicitor General
,rc I,rv.Iv distributed among our District Al
.o,. ,.bos. or6c. doc. not .xjs. IN ENGLAND
,to,. WI, .sor, :, ho s,,i,Iod ,,,,der o,,r
c,n,n,,r Ia, &, ,-,ssc,,.e h,. inforu,tions n.
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leave of court =
ALI, THE JUDGES CONQUERED.
Nudge Burgess. In delivering the opinion
of the cnurt in tho case of the State
against charles. Pohl. in Division No. .
on December .. 1909. also he'd that Pros
ecu.i,r Attorneys have the right to pros
o-ute on irfcrmations. pohl was; tried in
Naries County and found guilty of assault
o., LIN II;s ,,,,n;sbmant was fixed at four
.-;-..,r,,
years Imprisonment.
IN nus of't'ioi'' 'u'sc p"i seas S"i'' IA
part:
II IS said That the motion in arrest should
have been sustained, because the Information
was not suthcieht 10 require 'ne oe'e'ea"' ~
oe pi'seo on iia'. ne 'usu'' 20. - ''ias ..'
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lorney nor ,,ro., .hs trowleaye Information
and belief of any person. and that it is not |
supported by the affidavit OF any person. But
his contention is rntenable. 1t was riled on |
September - 1891. and since the adoption of |
.,e amendment to the Constitution which took
Tho o,So :. na,s Is: is,"' IN t'iiori,a''oh N
but is spr6cie,, ~ ,rass,...'' mo- -, 80.
General or the pro-acut,n. a.,o,,,,: ~ ~. |
proper county under his oflleiaI oa,b. ,s,nte |
VS.. Kyle. Ies Mo- 49,,
Judge CAN'T delivered the nn;p;o, q, tho
supreme Court in the next case bearing
upon the 'ahdi'y OF informations. 1t was
III 'i'e c'Se CT Aud Jones, who was con-
ieeeu III s'c'dsfa county on a charge of
burglar! ana sentenced TO Imprisonment
IN the Penitentiary for three years.
IN pa'i Judge 6antts opinion was:
,,,', ,s,,n.S, mar Inc information is
.crvcd ,h., rho ,n,a.,., raw" II wiz be OBJ
loses IT wa. made ur,n,, ~. VI a,a Ns ,aoe dis