State v. Gallup

PRITCHARD, Chief Judge.

Appellants, John Henry Gallup and William Ernest Baker, were charged by information in the circuit court of Boone County, Missouri, with the crimes of kidnapping and forcible rape in violation of § 559.240 and § 559.260, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., respectively. After a change of venue was taken to Calloway County, Missouri, the trial was held, and the jury found both appellants guilty on both counts. The jury fixed Gallup’s punishment at six years for kidnapping and thirty years for rape. Baker’s punishment was fixed at ten years for kidnapping and forty years for rape. After…