State v. Recke

Defendant was jointly indicted with six other persons for the killing of one Julius A. Rose, in Kansas City, on July 2, 1923. The indictment charged murder in the first degree. Defendant was granted a severance. The jury failed to agree upon the first trial. On the second trial he was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment was fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years. He has appealed from the judgment rendered upon such verdict.

Defendant was business agent for the Fixture-Hangers Union, the members of which were out on a strike, which began…