State v. Wisdom
Missouri Supreme Court
24 S.W. 1047 (1894)
- Written by Serena Lipski, JD
Facts
Wisdom (defendant), John Willard, and Hill were all suspects for the murder of Edward Drexler. The suspects were brought into the morgue with Drexler’s dead body, and someone told them to touch Drexler’s body. Hill and Willard did so, but Wisdom refused. During the Middle Ages, many held the superstition that when a murderer touches the victim’s body, the body will bleed, so this was a way that people then would try to prove guilt. Wisdom objected to testimony from Hill and another witness that Hill and Willard touched the body and Wisdom had refused, but the court overruled the objection and admitted it.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Gantt, J.)
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