State v. Strawther

-The appellant, N. A. Strawther, and his two sons, Joe and Woodrow, were jointly charged by information in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County with murder in the first degree, in having shot and killed one Arch Shrum. An application for a change of venue was sustained, and the case was transferred to the Stoddard Circuit Court, where a severance was ordered, and appellant placed upon his separate trial. He was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of ten years in the penitentiary, and he appeals.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The alleged homicide grew out…