State v. Adams

By information in approved form the defendant was charged in the Circuit Court of Greene County with murder in the first degree for the killing of Francis M. DeA^mond, on June 18, 1928. On his application. a change of venue was granted to the Circuit Court of Polk County, where a trial was had before the court and a jury. The only defense was insanity. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court fixed' the punishment at death and sentenced defendant accordingly. Defendant appealed.

Defendant was twenty-eight years of age and resided in Springfield, Missouri, many jears. For six months…