Case Name: The State of Missouri, Respondent, v. John Walker, Appellant
Court: St. Louis Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1887-02-23
Citations: 24 Mo. App. 679
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State of Missouri, Respondent, v. John Walker, Appellant.
Judges: All the judges concur.
Reporter: Missouri Appeal Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 679–680

Head Matter:
The State of Missouri, Respondent, v. John Walker, Appellant.
St. Louis Court of Appeals,
February 23, 1887.
1. Criminal Law-Jnformation. — An information which follows the language of the statute is sufficient.
2: -:— Verdict. — A general verdict of guilty is sufficient under an information which charges but one offence.
Appeal from the Carter" County Circuit Court, John Gr. Wear, Judge.
Affirmed.
C. D. Yancey, for the appellant.
Jerome J. Kints, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Rombauer, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant was tried upon an information filed by the prosecuting attorney of Carter county, for selling liquor without a license. He was found guilty, and his punishment assessed at a fine of forty dollars. Neither the evidence, nor the instructions of the court, are preserved in the record, and we are confined, in our examination of alleged errors, to such as may appear on the record proper, and which are raised by a motion, stating as grounds for arresting the judgment:
1. That the facts stated in the information do not constitute a public offence.
2. That the verdict is insufficient to sustain the judgment.
The information follows the statute and is sufficient. The verdict is a general verdict of guilty, and, although informal, sufficiently definite. The State v. Cook, 58 Mo. 547; The State v. Steptoe, 65 Mo. 643; The State v. McDonald, 85 Mo. 543.
The judgment is affirmed.
All the judges concur.