State v. Morefield.

This case, coming to the writer on reassignment, is an appeal, by Dennis Morefield, from a judgment and sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, on a charge of murder in the first degree.

The alleged crime was committed on July 9, 1935, in Douglas County, Missouri. An application for a change of venue was granted and the case was transferred to Ozark County where a trial was had. A jury returned a verdict of guilty and assessed the punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The evidence introduced by the State disclosed the following: Clifford Woolery, John W. Huff,…