State v. Baber

Defendant was indicted in the St. Louis -criminal court for the crime qf murder in the first degree, in killing Erederika Schuendler, on the 14th day of August, 1879. He was tried and convicted of the offense charged, and on his appeal to the St. Louis court of appeals, the judgment was by that court affirmed, from which he appeals to this court.

The following is a brief summary of the facts relating to the homicide as shown by the evidence. Defendant went to the house of the deceased between seven and eight o’clock of the night of the 14th of August, 1879, inquired of deceased for her…