State v. Barker

On October 10, 1921, the Prosecuting Attorney of Newton County, Missouri, filed, in the circuit court of said county, an information against Ollie Barker and Loren Massey, alias Shock Massey, charging them with first degree murder, in the shooting and killing of Homer Kingcade, in Newton County, aforesaid, on September 25, 1921. On October 14, 1921, the prosecuting attorney, in behalf of the State, by leave of court, waived the charge of first degree murder against said defendants, and elected to try them for murder in the second degree.

Said defendants waived formal arraignment, and each…