State v. McCarron

The defendant was indicted jointly with others in the Circuit Court of Washington county for the killing of Samuel Herrington, and on his application a change of venue was awarded to St. Louis county.

Upon a trial in the Criminal Court, he was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. Two points are mainly relied on to reverse the judgment of the Criminal Court: first, that it committed error in impaneling the jury; and, secondly, that it refused to admit competent and legal testimony offered by the defendant. It appears from the…