Schmulbach v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Ottawa county of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The record discloses that on October 4, 1930, defendant, in the town of Picher, shot and killed one J. Frank Carloek. Defendant at the time was an outside guard for a Picher bank. Deceased, a druggist at Picher, was indebted to defendant in the sum of $1,000, and some ill feeling existed between them. Carloek had been hunting and started to take a small rifle from the rear of the car when defendant fired the first shot, hitting him in the…