State v. Goodson

On October 4, 1920, the Prosecuting Attorney of Buchanan County, Missouri, filed in the circuit court of said county, an information against defendant, in two counts. The first charged the defendant with murder in the first degree, in that on June 13, 1920, with a sharp instrument, etc., he murdered Bernetta Coleman. The second count of said information charged appellant with manslaughter, in having feloniously killed said Bernetta Coleman, by performing an abortion upon her on the date aforesaid.

On February 1st, an amended information in two counts was filed in this cause. The first count…