State v. Hogan

The appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree in the circuit court of St. Louis County, Missouri, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for twenty years in the State penitentiary.

In his assignment of errors, appellant contends that his demurrer at the close of all the evidence should be sustained. The evi dence on behalf of the State shows that Charles Bailey, the deceased, Thomas Whalen, and appellant went to Dudley’s Tourist Cabins about 10:30 p. m. on June 24, 1941, and remained there about an hour. They arrived there in a Chrysler Sedan and left in the same automobile.…