State v. Blan

At the September term, 1878, of the St. Charles circuit court, John Blan and Joseph Blan were jointly indicted for murder in the first degree, in killing one Elijah Warren. Joseph Blan -was acquitted. John Blan was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. The judgment of the circuit court was affirmed by the court of appeals, and the defendant has appealed to this court.

The indictment contained five counts. The first count charged that John Blan and Joseph Blau, at, &c., “with sticks, clubs, loaded guns and other deadly weapons, which they, the said John Blan and…