State v. Bell

CLARK, J.-

Defendant, represented by two regularly licensed and practicing attorneys, was tried in the circuit court of Jackson County for the murder of Charles Neaves, a policeman of Kansas City, on September 20, 1948. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and assessed defendant’s punishment at death.' Judgment and sentence were rendered in accordance with the verdict and defendant appeals.

Evidence introduced by the State was that William Bell and a woman named Gwindola King occupied the front room and Mrs. Rainey and her infant daughter occupied the rear two…