State v. Harp

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County on May 5, 1922, charging the appellant with murder in the first degree in that he on April 5, 1922, deliberately, etc., shot and killed Irving Spinks. The venue was changed to Stoddard County where the cause was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict finding the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree, and assessing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years. On appeal the conviction was reversed for failure of the trial court to instruct on manslaughter, and the cause was remanded.…