State v. McKeever

By information filed in the Circuit Court of Boone County, George McKeever was charged with the murder of Ben Booth. Granted a change of venue, he was found guilty of murder in the first degree and his punishment assessed at death by a jury in the Circuit Court of Callaway County. He appeals from the judgment entered thereon.

The pertinent facts may be stated briefly. Federal Highway No. 40 runs in an east and west direction near the north corporate limits of the city of Columbia, Missouri. Coming from the north, Federal Highway No. 63 joins Highway 40 at Range Line Street, a north and south…