State v. Benson

Appellant Benson was convicted in the circuit court of Nodaway county, Missouri, of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of of twenty-five years. From the sentence he duly appealed.

The offense was alleged to have been committed on May 22, 1934. A detailed statement of the facts surrounding the homicide may be found in State v. Hamilton, 340 Mo. 768, 102 S.W.2d 642. Hamilton was convicted of being an accessory after the fact. He was charged with aiding appellant Benson in his escape immediately after the homicide. Hamilton's conviction was…