State v. Hancock

In March, 1898, defendant was convicted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis of murder in the first degree,and his punishment fixed at death for having on the twenty-fifth day of July, 1891, at said city shot and killed with a pistol one George Horton. The defenses were insanity and self-defense. Erom the judgment and sentence defendant appeals.

At about 5:30 o’clock on Sunday evening, July 25, 1891, the deceased was sitting in the office of George Bell, a ticket broker at No. 1813A Market street in the city of St. Louis, where he was employed and in charge of the office at the time,…