State v. Harp

After reading the testimony presented in the record, we are satisfied that the statement of the case as presented by counsel for respondent is substantially correct, and is hereby adopted as our statement of the facts, as follows:

Appellant, Josh Harp, was charged by an information filed in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, Missouri, on the 5th day of May, 1922, with the crime of murder in the first degree, in that he, on or about the 5th day of April, 1922, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and of his malice aforethought shot and killed one Irving Spinks. He was tried on the 24th day…