State v. Lamance

Appellant, LaMance, was charged, by an information filed in the Circuit Court of Linn County, Missouri, with the murder of his wife, Ella LaMance. A change of venue was granted and the cause was transferred to Chariton County, Missouri. The regular judge was disqualified and the Honorable James S. Rooney presided at the trial. A jury found LaMance guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at eighteen years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the sentence imposed LaMance appealed.

Appellant in his assignments of error has preserved for our review rulings of the trial…