State v. Carroll

The defendant was indicted for murder in the city of St. Louis, the charge being that he shot with a pistol and killed Roy Clark. On a trial the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the punishment at death. He has appealed as a poor person, filing no brief in this court. It appears from the record all the parties figuring in the homicidal event were negroes. There are two motions for a new trial, one filed within four days after the verdict by the attorneys who represented the defendant in his trial; and another filed seven days after the verdict by a new attorney.…