State v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and appeals.

The facts are substantially these; The defendant for some time prior to June 7, 1924, had been engaged in the commission business in Kansas City, Mo. He also carried on a business of making bonds for criminals at various police stations in Kansas City, and did some pawnbroker business though he held no pawnbroker’s license. The chief testimony against him on the murder charge Was by one Vernon Clay, a negro convict. Clay testified that on the morning of June 7, 1924,…