State v. Painter.

Defendant Virgil Painter was charged by information filed in the Circuit Court of Stone County with the crime of murder in the first degree in that he did, at said county, on September 30, 1929, with a knife, a dangerous and deadly weapon, feloniously, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, on purpose and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder one W.H. Beard. Upon the defendant's application a change of venue was awarded to the Circuit Court of Taney County, where the case was tried and on June 11, 1930, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree as charged and his…