# State v. Hudson

> Supreme Court of Missouri · February 16, 1897 · 137 Mo. 618

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8012382

## Case

- **Full name:** State v. Hudson
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Missouri
- **Decided:** February 16, 1897
- **Citations:** 137 Mo. 618; 38 S.W. 1107; 1897 Mo. LEXIS 67
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Sherwood
- **Judges:** Sherwood
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Sherwood, J.
The defendant was indicted in separate counts for burglary and larceny. A trial resulted in the return of the following verdict:
“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and assess his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for 'a term of three years.
“John Brown, Foreman. ”
This verdict is so indefinite and uncertain, no count of the indictment being specified therein, that no valid judgment can be rendered thereon. State v. Pierce, 136 Mo. 34 .
For this reason judgment reversed and causé remanded.
All concur.

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