State v. McBride

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kagey, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree.

Briefly the facts are as follows: On February 14, 1950, Preston F. McBride, appellant herein, purchased a .22 caliber revolver in Hutchinson, Kansas. The evening of that day he spent with a friend and his girl from 6:30 until after midnight, meeting no one else. The following morning, February 15, shortly after 8:00 o’clock, appellant placed an anonymous phone call to the McVay Taxi Company from a booth at St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he was working on a construction project,…