State v. Core

Norton, J. —

At the February term, 1879, of the circuit court of. Laclede county, an indictment was found and returned by the grand jury into said court, charging defendant with killing George E. King. The indictment contained three counts, in the first of which, defendant is charged with murder in the second degree, and in the second and third counts of which he is charged with murder in the first degree, in killing said King. At the August term, 1879, the cause was tried, and the jury returned into court the following as their verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in…