People v. Hundley

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of St. Clair County wherein defendant, James Dewey Hundley, was convicted by a jury of the crime of murder and sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment. No evidence was offered by defendant, he having elected to stand on his motion for a directed verdict.

The evidence presented to the jury showed that shortly after 1 :oo A.M. on April 23, 1953, the defendant, accompanied by one Patricia Fallon, entered the Spanish Inn tavern outside the city limits of East St. Louis and shot and killed one Claude Houston, the bartender. There were three patrons in…